| 1423 | Louis XI, King of France (1461-83)
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| 1567 | Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain)
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| 1683 | Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint)
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| 1687 | Arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch)
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| 1728 | Robert Adam, architect/designer (Adelphi Terrace, London)
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| 1731 | Samuel Huntington, (Gov-Ct), Continental Congress pres
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| 1738 | John Singleton Copley, Mass, finest colonial American artist
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| 1793 | John Claire, England, poet
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| 1794 | Eberhard F Walcker, German organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt)
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| 1796 | Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [NS]
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| 1802 | Joseph Labitzky, composer
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| 1814 | Janis Cimze, composer
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| 1819 | Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer
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| 1821 | F Krnberger, writer
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| 1828 | John Austin Wharton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
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| 1846 | Achilles Alferaki, composer
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| 1850 | Alfredo Kiel, composer
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| 1854 | Leos Jan cek, Hukvaldy Moravia Czech, composer (Foster Suite)
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| 1855 | Piotr Maszynski, composer
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| 1860 | Charlotte Perkins Gilman, economist/lecturer/author/feminist
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| 1860 | William Wallace, composer
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| 1861 | Peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer)
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| 1862 | Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer
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| 1870 | Richard B Bennett, (C) 11th Canadian PM (1930-35)
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| 1871 | Vicente Arregui Garay, composer
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| 1872 | Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam (1901-19)
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| 1874 | Apirana Turupa Ngata, Kawaka NZ, Maori political/cultural leader
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| 1875 | Ernst F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon
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| 1878 | George M Cohan, actor/singer (Phantom Pres, Give My Regards to Bdwy)
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| 1879 | Philippe Gaubert, composer
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| 1880 | Carl Schuricht, composer
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| 1881 | Leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!)
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| 1883 | Alfred Korzybski, Poland, scientist (Science & Sanity)
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| 1883 | Franz Kafka, Czech, author (Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika)
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| 1883 | Moses Leverock Crossley, US bio-chemist
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| 1886 | Francis Carco[pino], French author/critic (L'Homme Traqué)
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| 1886 | Raymond A Spruance, US admiral/fleet commander/ambassador
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| 1892 | Wilhelm Rettich, composer
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| 1893 | Mississippi John Hurt, rocker
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| 1895 | Oles' Semyonovich Chishko, composer
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| 1896 | Doris Lloyd, actress (Bachelor Father, Charley's Aunt, Sarah & Son)
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| 1899 | Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov, composer
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| 1899 | Otto Reinhold, composer
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| 1900 | John Mason Brown, Louisville Ky, critic (Tonight on Broadway)
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| 1902 | Jack Newman, NZ cricket lefty pace bowler (1932-33, later knighted)
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| 1903 | Jean du Bela, [Simon Buytekant], singer/actor (Chaste Susanna)
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| 1906 | Francis Steegmuller, US, biographer (Cocteau)
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| 1906 | George Sanders, Russia, actor (All About Eve-Academy Award 1950)
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| 1906 | Gwendolen Rees, zoologist
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| 1907 | Arthur Steel, Dutch architect (Group '32)
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| 1907 | Gene Gutche, composer
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| 1908 | Thomas Narcejac, Rochefort-sur-Mer France, writer (Vertigo)
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| 1909 | Earl L Butz, US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76); a real Butz
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| 1909 | Lucy Kroll, entertainment agent
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| 1909 | Stavros Niachos, Greece, shipping magnate (Those Fabulous Greeks)
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| 1910 | Bernard Burrows, British diplomat
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| 1910 | Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant
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| 1911 | Joe Hardstaff Jr, cricketer (son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England)
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| 1912 | Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals
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| 1913 | Dorothy Kilgallen, Chic Ill, columnist (What's My Line?)
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| 1913 | Hugh Stirling MacKenzie, British vice admiral
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| 1913 | William Deakin, warden (St Anthony's College Oxford)
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| 1917 | Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner
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| 1918 | Lord Mulley, British MP (Labour)
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| 1920 | John Ayers Lessard, composer
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| 1920 | Louise Allbritton, Okla City, actr (Celia-Stage Door, Got a Secret)
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| 1921 | Susan Peters, Spokane WA, actress (Random Harvest, Young Ideas)
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| 1922 | Art Fowler, baseball player
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| 1922 | Corneille [Cornelis G of Beverloo], Dutch painter (Africa, Antilles)
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| 1922 | François Reichenbach, French director (La douceur du Village)
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| 1922 | Tom Hudson, artist/teacher
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| 1923 | Baroness Ryder, of Warsaw & Cavendish, worked for sick & disabled
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| 1923 | Emmanuel Bankole Timothy, journalist
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| 1923 | William Mills, painter
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| 1924 | Geoffrey Sammons, senior partner (Allen & Overy)
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| 1925 | Michael Oliver, cardiologist
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| 1926 | Johnny Coles, trumpeter
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| 1926 | Joseph M Gaydos, (Rep-D-PA, 1969- )
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| 1927 | Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect (Standard-Omnisporthal, Luik)
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| 1927 | Ken Russell, England, director (Tommy, Altered States, Gothic)
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| 1927 | William McMillan, moderator (Gen Assembly of Church of Scot) [or 1/29]
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| 1928 | Evelyn Anthony, English historical writer (Poellenberg Inheritance)
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| 1928 | G B Fuchs, writer
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| 1928 | John Wills, lord-lt of Avon England
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| 1929 | Eustace Gibbs, vice marshal (Diplomatic Corps)
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| 1930 | Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor (Bavarian State Orch 1968)
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| 1930 | Pete Fountain, New Orleans, jazz clarinetist (Lawrence Welk 1957-59)
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| 1931 | Andres Burnier, [Catharina Dessaur], criminologist/author (Jongensuur)
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| 1934 | Manfred Bieler, writer
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| 1935 | Harrison H "Jack" Schmitt, Santa Rita NM, astronaut (Apollo 17)
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| 1935 | John Swan, PM (Bermuda)
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| 1936 | Anthony Lester, CEO (Runnymede Trust)
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| 1936 | Eric Russell, cricketer (England opening batsman early 60s)
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| 1937 | Tom Stoppard, Czech, playwright (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern-1968 Tony)
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| 1938 | David Gandolfo, horse trainer
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| 1938 | Shin Geum Dan, North Korea, 400m/800m runner (1962 world record)
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| 1939 | Jay Tarses, Balt Md, actor/writer (Open All Night, Duck Factory)
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| 1940 | Cesar Tovar, baseball player
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| 1940 | Fontella Bass, St Louis Mo, vocalist (Rescue Me)
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| 1940 | Heather Steel, British judge
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| 1940 | Lance Larson, US, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-silver-1960)
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| 1941 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal)
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| 1941 | Gloria Allred, feminist attorney
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| 1942 | Kurtwood Smith, New Lisbon Wisc, actor (Rambo III, Robocop)
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| 1943 | Gary Waldhorn, actor (To the Camp & Back)
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| 1943 | Geraldo Rivera, [Gerry Rivers], NYC, news personality (20/20, Geraldo)
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| 1943 | Judith Durham, singer
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| 1943 | Norman E Thagard, Marianna Fl, MD/astro (STS 7, 51-B, 30, 42, 71, Mir)
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| 1944 | Paul Young, actor (Another Time Another Place)
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| 1945 | Iain MacDonald-Smith, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968)
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| 1945 | Michael Cole, Madison Wisc, actor (Pete-Mod Squad)
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| 1945 | Michael Martin, MP
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| 1945 | Mike Corby, London, guitarist (Babys-Back on My Feet Again)
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| 1947 | Betty Buckley, Big Springs Tx, actress (Abby-8 is Enough, 1776, Cats)
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| 1948 | Paul Barrère, Cal, rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat-Sailin' Shoes)
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| 1948 | Peter Ruzicka, composer
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| 1949 | Jan Smithers, N Hollywood Calif, actress (Bailey-WKRP)
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| 1949 | Susan Penhaligon, Manilla Philippines, actress (Dracula, Nasty Habits)
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| 1950 | Damon Harris, Balt Md, rocker (Temptations-My Girl)
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| 1950 | Ewen Chatfield, NZ cricketer pace bowler (1975-89)
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| 1951 | Jean-Claude Duvalier, [Papa Doc], deposed Haitian president-for-life
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| 1951 | Richard Hadlee, Christchurch, NZ, cricket bowler (431 wickets)
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| 1952 | Alan Autry, NFLer (Green Bay Packers)/actor (Heat of the Night)
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| 1952 | Bill Badgett Jr, horse trainer
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| 1952 | Wasim Raja, cricketer (bro of Rameez, Pakistani lefty bat & leggie)
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| 1953 | Alynne Beth Amkraut, Amityville NY, entertainer
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| 1953 | Frank Tanana, baseball pitcher (Calif Angels)
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| 1954 | Debbie Skinner, LPGA golfer
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| 1955 | Julia Lyndon, Buffalo NY, playmate (August, 1977)
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| 1955 | Matt Keough, baseball player (Oakland A's, NY Yankees)
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| 1955 | Mike Corby, rocker
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| 1955 | Neil Clar, rock guitarist (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions)
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| 1956 | Eddie Edwards, South Africa, tennis star
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| 1956 | Montel Williams, TV talk show host (Montel)
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| 1957 | Danny Heep, baseball player
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| 1957 | Faye Resnick, author (Nicole Brown Simpson-Private Diary)
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| 1957 | Laura Branigan, Brewster NY, vocalist (Gloria)
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| 1957 | Orel Hershiser, Buffalo NY, pitcher (LA Dodgers, Cleveland Indians)
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| 1958 | Aaron Tippin, Pensacola Fl, singer (You've Got to Stand for Something)
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| 1958 | Robert Foth, Buffalo NY, air rifle (Olympics-1988, 92, 96)
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| 1959 | Andreas Wisniewski, Berlin German FR, actor (Living Daylights)
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| 1959 | Stephen Pearcy, LA Calif, heavy metal vocalist (RATT-Round & Round)
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| 1959 | Stoyan Deltchev, Bulgaria, horizontal bar gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980)
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| 1960 | Jack Daugherty, baseball player
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| 1961 | Liz Stewart, SF Calif, playmate (July, 1984)
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| 1961 | Vince Clarke, Basildon Essex, rock keyboardist (Erasure)
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| 1962 | Hunter Tylo, [Deborah Hunter], model (Pantène)/actr (Bold & Beautiful)
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| 1962 | Taylor Dayne, [Lesley Wunderman], NY, vocalist (Tell it to My Heart)
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| 1962 | Thomas Gibson, actor (Dr Daniel Nyland-Chicago Hope)
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| 1962 | Tom Cruise, Syracuse, actor (Risky Business, Jerry MaGuire, Rainman)
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| 1963 | Don August, baseball player
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| 1964 | Gary Ryan, rocker (Blackhearts)
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| 1964 | Joe Hamorski, Peru IN, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Greater Greenville-9th)
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| 1964 | Louis Clark, NFL receiver (Seattle)/WLAF coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
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| 1964 | Pia Reyes, Manila Philipines, playmate (Nov, 1988)
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| 1964 | Warren Newson, Newnan GA, outfielder (Texas Rangers)
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| 1965 | Arno Hofstede, Dutch soccer player (Willem II, Go Ahead Eagles)
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| 1965 | Bobby Gage, Winsted CA, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Wichita Open-16th)
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| 1965 | Dan Land, NFL cornerback/safety (Oakland Raiders)
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| 1965 | Greg Vaughn, Sacramento CA, outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers, SD Padres)
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| 1965 | Shinya Hashimoto, wrestler (NJPW)
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| 1965 | Vinson Smith, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears)
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| 1966 | Moises Alou, Atlanta GA, outfielder (Montreal Expos)
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| 1966 | Neil O'Donnell, NFL quarterback (Pitts Steelers)
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| 1967 | Amy Van Horne, actress (Carla Solieto-The City)
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| 1968 | Jeff Phillips, Westwood NJ, actor (Hart Jessup-Guiding Light)
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| 1968 | Teppo Numminen, Tampere Fin, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets, Coyotes)
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| 1969 | Elan Carter, Nutley NJ, playmate (June, 1994)
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| 1970 | Preston Jones, WLAF quarterback (London Monarchs)
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| 1970 | Teemu Selanne, Helsinki Fin, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
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| 1970 | Victor Bailey, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
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| 1971 | Terry Irving, NFL outside linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
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| 1972 | Leigh Andrew-Pearso, North Vancouver BC Canada, 470 yachter (Oly-96)
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| 1972 | Ontiwaun Carter, WLAF running back (Rhein Fire)
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| 1973 | Adrian Aucoin, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
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| 1973 | Devin Bush, NFL strong safety (Atlanta Falcons)
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| 1973 | Fred Rodriguez, Bogota Colombia, cyclist (Olympics-96)
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| 1974 | Jamie Feick, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
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| 1975 | Jennifer Salinas, Miss USA-Illinois (1997)
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| 1975 | John Hargis, US, Little Rock Ark, 100m butterfly (Olympics-96)
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| 1975 | Keri Houlihan, Penn, actress (Molly-Our House)
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| 1976 | Andrea Barber, actress (Kimmy Gibbler-Full House)
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| 1976 | Henry Olonga, cricketer (1st black Zimbabwe Test cricketer v Pak 1995)
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| 1976 | Shane Lynch, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone)
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| 1977 | Ludmila Richterova, Kosice Slovakia, tennis star
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| 1979 | Lauren Alviti, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA (1997)
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| 1986 | ?, 1st Dutch test tube baby born
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