| 1584 | Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange
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| 1688 | Emmanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom)
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| 1689 | Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet
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| 1700 | Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award)
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| 1703 | Carlmann Kolb, composer
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| 1711 | Giuseppi Bonno, composer
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| 1715 | Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian (court)composer/pianist
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| 1717 | Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America/fieldmarshal
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| 1737 | Thomas Paine, political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason)
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| 1756 | Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, (Rep/Gov-Va)/general
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| 1761 | Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Switz, US minister of Finance (1801-14)
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| 1763 | J G Seume, writer
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| 1782 | Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, French opera composer (Fra Diavolo)
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| 1782 | Frantiszek Tucek Scigalski, composer
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| 1783 | Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus) [NS=Feb 9]
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| 1784 | Ferdinand Ries, composer
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| 1798 | Henry Neele, London, poet
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| 1801 | Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer (Felix Meritis)
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| 1803 | James Outram, Bulterley Hall Derbyshire, general
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| 1810 | Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician
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| 1821 | Isaac Ferdinand Quinby, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
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| 1823 | Franklin Gardner, Major General (Confederate Army)
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| 1824 | Karl von Perfall, composer
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| 1836 | Benjamin Franklin Potts, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1887
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| 1836 | James Meech Warner, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
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| 1843 | William McKinley, Niles Ohio, (R) 25th pres (1897-1901)
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| 1850 | Ebenezer Howard, London, pioneer of garden cities
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| 1850 | Lawrence Hargrave, inventor (box kite)
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| 1852 | Frederick Hymen Cowen, composer
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| 1852 | Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor/playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa)
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| 1854 | Willem PC Knuttel, Dutch bibliographer/librarian
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| 1860 | Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Tagarov Russia, playwright (Cherry Orchard)
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| 1862 | Frederick Delius, Bradford England, composer (Hiawatha)
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| 1864 | Adolf Philipp, composer
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| 1866 | Romain Rolland, France, writer (Jean-Christophe) (Nobel 1915)
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| 1867 | Vicente Blasco Ib ¤ez, Spain, writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)
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| 1869 | Andrey Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer
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| 1871 | Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco, composer
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| 1873 | Luigi A, duke of the Abruzzes, Italy, explorer/climber (Mt St Elias)
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| 1874 | John David Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland Ohio, philanthropist
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| 1874 | Robert Lach, composer
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| 1876 | Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer
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| 1876 | Havergal Brian, Dresden Staffordshire, composer
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| 1878 | Barney Oldfield, Ohio, daredevil
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| 1880 | W C Fields, [William Claude Dukenfield], Phila, actor (Bank Dick)
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| 1884 | Juhan Aavic, composer
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| 1887 | Albert Conti, Trieste Austria, actor (Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion)
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| 1889 | Francisco Santiago, composer
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| 1889 | Rudolf Mauersberger, composer
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| 1890 | Marguerite Canal, composer
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| 1891 | R N Williams II, tennis champ (US Open-1914)
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| 1892 | Clifford Gray, US, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1928)
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| 1893 | Edric Cundell, composer
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| 1893 | Martian Negrea, composer
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| 1896 | Teddy Hoad, cricketer (pioneering West Indian Test batsman)
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| 1898 | Fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre)
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| 1898 | Karl Bjarnhof, Danish blind journalist/writer (History of Sascha)
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| 1900 | Marco Tajcevic, composer
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| 1900 | Willem F K Hussem, Dutch painter/poet (Coastline, Lookout on Sea)
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| 1901 | Allen B DuMont, inventor (perfected coml practical cathode ray tube)
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| 1903 | Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist
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| 1905 | Barnett Newmann, US painter (postpainterly abstraction)
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| 1906 | Franciscus Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920)
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| 1906 | Joe Primeau, NHL center
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| 1908 | Adam Clayton Powell, (Rep-D-NY, 1945-70)
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| 1909 | Alan Marshal, Sydney Aust, actor (White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia)
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| 1909 | Tonypandy, Viscount
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| 1910 | Henri Queffélec, French writer (Au bout du monde)
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| 1910 | Paul Hodder-Williams, publisher
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| 1911 | Bernard Herrmann, NYC, composes film music
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| 1911 | George Burns, British major-general
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| 1912 | "Professor" Irwin Corey, Brooklyn NY, comedian (Car Wash, Doc)
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| 1912 | Jacob "Jaap" Balk, journalist (AH, Onder de Keizerskroon)
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| 1915 | Frederic Ramsey Jr, folklorist/author
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| 1915 | Halfdan Rasmussen, Danish poet/WWII resistance fighter (Skoven)
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| 1915 | Victor Mature, Louisville KY, actor (1 Million BC, Samson & Delilah)
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| 1916 | Barbara Skelton, writer
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| 1917 | John Raitt, Santa Ana Calif, actor/singer (Chevy Show, Pajama Game)
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| 1918 | John Forsythe, NJ, actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty)
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| 1918 | William Rigney, baseball manager (SF Giants)
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| 1919 | Norman F Simpson, British playwright (One Way Pendulum)
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| 1920 | Alec Coppen, psychiatrist
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| 1923 | Paddy Chayevsky, [Sydney], US, dramatist (Marty, Hospital)
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| 1924 | Brian Trubshaw, British test pilot
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| 1924 | Gregson, Lord
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| 1924 | Luigi Nono, Venice Italy, composer (Canonic Variations)
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| 1925 | Anthony George, Endicott NY, actor (Untouchables, Checkmate)
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| 1925 | Lane of Horsell, Lord
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| 1925 | Pier Tania (Meinte Piet), radio/TV host (ANP, De Bezetting)
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| 1926 | Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist
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| 1926 | Bob Berry, cricketer (England slow lefty 1950)
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| 1927 | Edward Abbey, US author (Desert Solitaire)
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| 1928 | Bengt Hambraeus, composer
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| 1928 | Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician
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| 1928 | Peter Byrne, actor (Postcards from America, Carry on Cabby)
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| 1929 | Elio Petri, Italy, director (Property is no theft)
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| 1929 | William McMillan, US, rapid pistol (Olympic-gold-1960) [or Jul 3]
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| 1930 | John Junkin, actor/writer (A Hard Day's Night)
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| 1931 | Leslie Bricuse, English/US composer (Stop the world I want to get off)
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| 1932 | Clyde, Lord
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| 1932 | Raman Subba Row, CEO (Test/County Cricket Board)
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| 1933 | A C Alston, bibliographer
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| 1933 | Margaret Laird, Commissioner (Third Church Estates)
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| 1934 | Paul Gutama Soegijo, composer
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| 1936 | Malcolm Binns, concert pianist
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| 1937 | Bobby Scott, jazz singer
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| 1938 | Bill Christian, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
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| 1939 | Germaine Greer, Melbourne Australia, feminist/author (Female Eunich)
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| 1939 | O P Kolomitsev, cosmonaut
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| 1942 | Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez, Cuba, cosmonaut (Soyuz 38)
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| 1942 | Claudine Longet, France, former Mrs Andy Williams/singer
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| 1942 | F R Hartley, Vice-Chancellor (Cranfield University)
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| 1942 | Katharine Ross, Hollywood Cal, actress (Graduate, Francesca-Colbys)
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| 1942 | Richard Needham, British MP
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| 1942 | Robin Morgan, Lake Worth Fla, actress (Dagmar-Mama)
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| 1943 | Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard, Abbot of Downside
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| 1943 | Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer
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| 1944 | Barbara Moore, Wardell Mo, actress (Lisa Rogers-Man From UNCLE)
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| 1944 | Hans Plomp, Dutch writer/poet (Venus in Holland)
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| 1945 | Donna Marie Caponi Young, Detroit, LPGA golfer (US Open 1969, 70)
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| 1945 | James Nicholson, British MEP
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| 1945 | Tom Selleck, Detroit Mich, actor (Lance-Rockford Files, Magnum PI)
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| 1947 | David Byron, vocalist (Uriah Heep)
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| 1947 | Israel Wetrin, managing director (Elonex)
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| 1947 | Michael Mavor, Head Master (Rugby School)
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| 1948 | Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen)
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| 1948 | Felice Taylor, R&B singer (I Feel Love Comin' On)
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| 1948 | Marc Singer, Vancouver Canada, actor (V, Dallas)
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| 1949 | Tommy Ramone, [Thomas Erdelyi], Budapest, rock drummer (Ramones)
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| 1950 | Ann Jillian, Cambridge Mass, actress (Mr Mom, Jennifer Slept Here)
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| 1950 | Jody Schecter, South African auto maker (World Driver's 1979)
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| 1951 | Andy Roberts, cricketer (brilliant WI quickie with 202 wickets 74-84)
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| 1951 | Earl Howe
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| 1952 | Tommy Ramone, [Erdelyi], Hungary, rock drummer/bassist [Ramones)
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| 1953 | Dalila di Lazzaro, Udine Italy, covergirl/model (Vogue)
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| 1954 | Alejandro Casa¤as, Havana Cuba, 110m hurdler (Olympic-silv-1976, 80)
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| 1954 | Dick Manitoba, vocalist (Dictators)
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| 1954 | Oprah Winfrey, Mississippi, actress/TV host (Color Purple, Oprah)
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| 1955 | John Tate, US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1968)
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| 1957 | Irlene Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters)
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| 1957 | Jac Bico, Dutch guitarist/singer (Tambourine)
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| 1958 | Judy Norton-Taylor, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Mary Ellen-Waltons)
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| 1958 | Ole Mortensen, cricketer (pace bowler for Derbyshire & Denmark)
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| 1959 | Paul McGann, actor (Dr Who)
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| 1960 | Cho-Liang Lin, Taiwan, violinist (Queen Sophia 1st prize)
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| 1960 | Eddie Jackson, bassist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence)
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| 1960 | Gregory Efthimos Louganis, San Diego Ca, diver (Olympic-gold-1984, 88)
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| 1960 | Matthew Ashford, Davenport IA, actor (Jack Devaraux-Days of Our Lives)
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| 1960 | Sean Kerly, hockey player
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| 1960 | Steve Sax, 2nd baseman (LA Dodgers, NY Yankees, Chic White Sox)
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| 1961 | Mike Aldrete, US baseball infielder (Oakland Athletics, NY Yankees)
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| 1962 | Nicholas Turturro, Queens NY, actor (James Martinez-NYPD Blue)
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| 1963 | Michelle Bell, Melrose MA, LPGA golfer (1981 Mass School Girls Champ)
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| 1964 | Andre Reed, NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
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| 1964 | John Gallagher, rugby league player
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| 1964 | John Habyan, US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
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| 1964 | Roddy Frame, rock vocalist/guitarist (Aztec Camera-Stray)
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| 1965 | Dominik Hasek, Pardubice CZE, NHL goalie (Czech Oly-Gold-98, Buffalo)
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| 1965 | Peter Lundgren, Sweden, tennis star
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| 1965 | Tim Johnson, NFL defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)
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| 1967 | David Pitcher, CFL fullback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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| 1967 | Khalid Skah, Midelt Morocco, 5k/10k runner
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| 1967 | Sean Burke, Windsor, NHL goalie (Hartford Whalers)
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| 1967 | Stacey King, NBA forward/center (Miami Heat)
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| 1968 | Aeneas Williams, NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
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| 1968 | Chris Pringle, (New Zealand cricket pace bowler (since 1990)
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| 1968 | Ed Burns, director/actor (Brothers McMullen)
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| 1968 | Harold Green, NFL running back (Cin Bengals, Atlanta Falcons)
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| 1968 | John Hudson, NFL center/guard (NY Jets, Phila Eagles)
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| 1968 | Kevin Roberson, US baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs)
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| 1969 | Aeneas Williams, cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
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| 1969 | Flora Perfetti, Faenza Italy, tennis star (1995 Futures-Reims-FRA)
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| 1969 | Karen Fonteyne, Calgary Alberta, synchro swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
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| 1969 | Robert Young, NFL player (St Louis Rams)
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| 1970 | Eric Gouka, cricketer (Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup)
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| 1970 | Heather Graham, Milwaukee WI, actress (Drugstore Cowboy, Diggstown)
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| 1970 | Scott Davis, guard (Atlanta Falcons)
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| 1971 | Chris Vargas, CFL quarterback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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| 1971 | Jamal Fountaine, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers, Atlanta Falcons)
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| 1972 | Hessley Hempstead, NFL guard (Detroit Lions)
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| 1972 | Scott Davis, Great Falls Mont, figure skater (Olympics-1994)
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| 1972 | Simon Cook, cricketer (Victorian pace bowler joined NSW 1995-96)
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| 1973 | Darnell Stephens, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
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| 1973 | Jason Schmidt, Lewiston ID, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
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| 1973 | Scott Milanovich, quarterback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
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| 1974 | David LaFleur, tight end (Dallas Cowboys)
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| 1974 | Jeff Mitchell, corner (Baltimore Ravens)
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| 1974 | Kris Burley, Truro Nova Scotia, gymnist (Olympics-96)
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| 1974 | Pat Walsh, WLAF Tackle (London Monarchs)
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| 1975 | Hendrik Dreekmann, Germany, tennis star
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| 1975 | Kelly Packard, Glendale CA, actress (Tiffani Smith-California Dreams)
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| 1975 | Lorraine Magwenzi, Miss Zimbabwe Universe (1997)
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| 1975 | Maarten Kerkhof, soccer player (Vitesse, De Graafschap)
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| 1975 | Sara Gilbert, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Melissa-Roseanne)
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| 1976 | Ilmira Shamsutdinova, Miss Universe-Russia/best costume (1996)
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| 1977 | Martin Hohenberger, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
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| 1979 | Andrew Keegan, actor (Step by Step, Party of Five)
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| 1980 | Jason James Richter, Medford OR, actor (Free Willy)
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