| 1404 | Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor
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| 1441 | Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub)
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| 1578 | Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright/actor (L'adamo)
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| 1579 | John Meursius, [van Meurs], Dutch historian
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| 1602 | Franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza
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| 1607 | Abraham Megerle, composer
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| 1708 | Egidio Romoaldo Duni, composer (opéra-comique)
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| 1735 | Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian
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| 1741 | Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer
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| 1744 | Amos Bull, composer
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| 1756 | Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer
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| 1771 | Daniel Belknap, composer
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| 1772 | Frans Mikael Franzén, Finnish-Swedish poet (Abo)
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| 1773 | William Henry Harrison, Va, (Whigs) 9th Pres (March 4-April 4, 1841)
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| 1775 | Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom)
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| 1780 | Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer
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| 1783 | Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homer) [OS=Jan 29]
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| 1808 | Francesco Gomez da Rocha, composer
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| 1814 | Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for NY Public Library
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| 1822 | Charles T Stork, Dutch industrialist
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| 1826 | John Alexander Logan, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
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| 1830 | Abdl Aziz, Istanbul Ottoman, 32nd sultan of Turkey (1861-76)
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| 1834 | Felix Dahn, writer
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| 1834 | Franz Xaver Witt, composer
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| 1846 | Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes
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| 1853 | Leander Starr Jameson, PM of South African Cape colony
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| 1854 | Aletta [Henriëtte] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician
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| 1854 | Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party)
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| 1857 | Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education
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| 1863 | Anthony Hope [Hopkins], London, novelist
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| 1865 | Erich von Drygalski, Germany, geographer/glaciologist/Antarctic expl
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| 1865 | Mrs [Beatrice] Patrick Campbell, England, actress (Pygmalion)
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| 1866 | George Ade, US, journalist/playwright/humorist (Fables in Slang)
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| 1867 | Edward Naylor, composer
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| 1867 | Natsume Sseki [Natsume Kinnosuke], Japanese author (Kokoro)
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| 1871 | Franc S Finzgar, Slovenian clergyman/writer (Our Blood)
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| 1871 | Howard T Ricketts, US pathologist (studied typhus fever)
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| 1874 | Amy Lowell, US poet/critic (Patterns, Sword Blades & Poppy Seed)
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| 1874 | Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatrical director/actor (Houligan)
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| 1875 | Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer
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| 1876 | Alos Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor (Silent hours)
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| 1876 | Martin Stixrud, Norway, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1920)
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| 1879 | Carl Natanael Berg, composer
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| 1879 | Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist
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| 1882 | Thomas Campbell, S African cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests 1909-12)
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| 1884 | Frederik Gerretson, [Geerten Gossaert], Dutch poet/politician)
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| 1885 | Alban Maria Johannes Berg, Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer!
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| 1887 | Henry Zimmerman, baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs)
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| 1887 | Vital Celen, Flemish writer (Puppy Love)
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| 1890 | Jacobus J P Oud, Dutch architect/co-founder (Stijl)
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| 1891 | Pietro Nenni, Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs (1946-47)
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| 1891 | Ronald Colman, England, 1947 Acad Award actor (Tale of 2 Cities)
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| 1892 | Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer (Indonesian adat justice)
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| 1892 | Peggy Wood, Bkln NY, actress (One Life to Live, Mama)
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| 1897 | Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator
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| 1901 | Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor (Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island)
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| 1902 | Blanche Calloway, US vocalist/dancer (12 Clouds of Joy)
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| 1902 | Chester H Lauck, Allene AR, actor (Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live)
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| 1903 | Georg Trexler, composer
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| 1906 | Gwen Catley, British(?) soprano
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| 1907 | Aubrey "Dit" Clapper, NHL hall of famer (Boston Bruins)
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| 1908 | Jackie Fields, US, featherweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)
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| 1909 | Carmen Miranda, Brazil, vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy)
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| 1909 | Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State (1961-69)
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| 1909 | Harald Genzmer, composer
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| 1909 | Heather Angel, Oxford England, actress (Informer, Last of Mohicans)
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| 1909 | John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian
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| 1910 | Jacques Monod, French biochemist
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| 1911 | Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord
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| 1912 | Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist
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| 1913 | Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports funds)
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| 1914 | Bill "Rhymes with Wreck" Veeck, baseball club owner
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| 1914 | Ernest Tubb, Tx, guitarist/singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You)
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| 1914 | Gypsy Rose Lee, Seattle Wash, stripper (or 0109 or 0208)
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| 1914 | Max Manus, resistance fighter
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| 1914 | Ralph Herman, Milwaukee Wisc, orch leader (Circus Time)
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| 1921 | B M Ducat-Amos, Air Commandant/director (RAF Nursing Service)
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| 1921 | Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher
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| 1922 | James C "Jim" Laker, Bradford England, cricket off spinner
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| 1923 | Brendan Behan, Dublin Ireland, author/poet (Hostage)
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| 1923 | Kathryn Grayson, NC, vocalist/actress (Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate)
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| 1923 | Norman E Shumway, Mich, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon
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| 1924 | George Guest, British organist
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| 1925 | Vic Wertz, baseball player
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| 1926 | Garret FitzGerald, Prime Minister of Ireland
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| 1927 | Donald Miller, CEO (Scottish Power)
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| 1927 | Norman Adams, painter/ceramic sculptor
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| 1928 | Roger Mudd, Wash DC, news ancher (CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News)
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| 1929 | Bill Barrett, (Rep-R-Nebraska)
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| 1929 | James Mulcro Drew, composer
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| 1929 | Lennox Butler, cricketer (1 Test WI v Aust 1955, 16 & 2-151)
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| 1929 | Willem Kersters, Flemish composer (Parwati, Gospel Song)
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| 1930 | Emil Petrovics, composer
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| 1931 | Robert Morris, sculptor
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| 1931 | Xavier Benguerel, composer
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| 1933 | Countess of Airlie
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| 1933 | Jo Ann Prentice, LPGA golfer
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| 1933 | Justice Johnson
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| 1933 | Lord Williams of Elvel
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| 1934 | John A Ziegler Jr, Grosse Pointe Mich, 4th NHL pres (1977-92)
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| 1935 | Paul Flynn, MP
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| 1936 | Clive Swift, Liverpool, actor (Frenzy, Passage to India)
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| 1937 | Brian Wenham, media consultant/journalist
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| 1937 | Johnny Sayles, US vocalist (You Made Me Wiggle)
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| 1939 | Barry Mann, R&B singer (Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp Bomp Bomp)
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| 1939 | Janet Suzman, S Africa, actress (Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run)
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| 1940 | Brian Bennett, London, rock drummer (Shadows)
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| 1940 | Smokey Robinson, rocker (& Miracles-Tears of Clown)
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| 1941 | Sheila James Kuehl, politician/actress (Zelda-Dobie Gillis)
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| 1942 | Carole King, [Klein], Brooklyn NY, pianist/singer (Tapestry)
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| 1942 | Charlie Morrow, composer
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| 1942 | Milos Stedron, composer
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| 1942 | Peder Lunde Jr, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1960)
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| 1943 | Barbara Lewis, US vocalist (Hello Stranger)
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| 1943 | James King, New Orleans LA, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
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| 1943 | Joe Pesci, Newark NJ, actor (Half Nelson, Goodfellas)
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| 1943 | Jonny Nilsson, Sweden, 10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1964)
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| 1943 | Ryland Davies, tenor
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| 1943 | Squire Fridell, Oakland Calif, actor (Rosetti & Ryan)
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| 1944 | Alice Walker, US, novelist (Color Purple, Meridian)
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| 1945 | Bill Bergey, NFLer
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| 1945 | Mia [Maria] Farrow, LA, actr (Rosemary's Baby, Purple Rose of Cairo)
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| 1946 | Annette Penhaligon
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| 1946 | M J H Sterling, Vice-Chancellor (Brunel University)
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| 1947 | Joe Ely, Amarillo Tx, country vocalist (Honky Tonk Masquerade)
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| 1947 | Major Harris, US R&B-singer (Love won't Let me wait)
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| 1949 | Bernard Gallacher, British golfer
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| 1949 | Janet Issaca Ashford, writer
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| 1949 | Judith Light, Trenton NJ, (Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live)
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| 1950 | Andrew N Meltzoff, developmental psychologist
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| 1950 | Lloyd Weldon Keasor, Pumphrey Md, wrestler (Olympic-silver-1976)
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| 1950 | Terry Hawkins, theatre administrator
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| 1951 | Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, saxophonist (Kool & Gang-Celebration)
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| 1951 | Jay Inslee, (Rep-D-Washington)
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| 1951 | Penny Peyser, Irvington NY, actress (Rich Man Poor Man, Knots Landing)
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| 1952 | Danny White, quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
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| 1953 | Andre Sevard, NHLer
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| 1953 | Antonius GM "Toon" Agterberg, Dutch actor (Hunk)
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| 1953 | Gary Franks, (Rep-R-Connecticut)
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| 1954 | Ulrich Walter, German FR, cosmonaut
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| 1955 | Charles Shaughnessy, London, actor (Shane-Days of our Lives, Nanny)
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| 1955 | Jm J Bullock, Casper Wyoming, actor (Monroe-Too Close for Comfort)
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| 1956 | Philip Jackson Ford Jr, NC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976)
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| 1957 | Gordon Strachan, soccer player
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| 1957 | Mohammed Valli Moosa, South African leader (UDF)
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| 1958 | Alexander W B Lyle, Shrewsbury England, PGA golfer (1988 Phoenix Open)
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| 1958 | Sandy Lyle, British golfer
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| 1960 | Peggy A Whitson, Mt Ayr Iowa, PhD/astronaut
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| 1961 | John Kruk, US baseball 1st baseman (Phila Phillies)
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| 1962 | Diego Perez, Spain, tennis star
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| 1962 | Martin D Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary
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| 1963 | Bonnie Levin, Miami Beach Fla, WPVA volleyballer
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| 1963 | Madusa Miceli, [Debra Ann], Milan Italy, wrestler (WCW)
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| 1963 | Mike Rindel, cricketer (N Transvaal opening bat ODI ton v Pak 1995)
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| 1963 | Travis Tritt, Marietta Ga, country vocalist (Country Club)
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| 1964 | Rachel Bolan, rocker (Skid Row)
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| 1965 | David Brandon, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Falcons)
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| 1965 | Lennox Lewis, London England, Super HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1988)
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| 1966 | Amanda Roocroft, opera singer
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| 1966 | James "Rachel" Bolan, Pt Pleasant NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
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| 1967 | Kate Golden, Beaumont Texas, LPGA golfer (1992 Ping/Welch-5th)
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| 1967 | Stevon Moore, NFL safety (Cleve Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
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| 1967 | Todd Pratt, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)
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| 1968 | Derek Strong, NBA forward (LA Lakers, Orlando Magic)
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| 1968 | Marcus Meloan, Agana Guam, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 US Amat Champ)
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| 1968 | Paul Claxton, Vidalia GA, Nike golfer (NIKE Central Georgia Open-38th)
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| 1969 | Jeff Pahukoa, NFL guard/tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
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| 1969 | Jimmy Smith, NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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| 1969 | Peta Edebone, Australian softball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
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| 1969 | Thomas Brandl, Bad Tolz GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
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| 1969 | Todd Lyght, US football quarterback (St Louis Rams)
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| 1970 | Glenn McGrath, cricketer (NSW & Australian fast bowler 1993-)
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| 1970 | Grant Moorhead, New Plymouth NZ, Australasia golfer
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| 1971 | Gonzalo Floyd, CFL defensive end (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
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| 1971 | Jason Mathews, NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
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| 1971 | Jim Miller, NFL quarterback (Pitts Steelers, Atl Falcons, Jaguars)
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| 1971 | Ken Felder, US baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
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| 1971 | Pat O'Neill, NFL punter/place kicker (NE Patriots)
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| 1971 | Sharon Case, Det Mich, actress (Sharon Collins-Young & Restless)
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| 1972 | Jason George, actor (Michael Bourre-Sunset Beach)
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| 1972 | Norbert Rosza, Hungarian swimmer (100m freestyle record)
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| 1973 | Amber Valletta, Phoenix AZ, model (Face, House of Style, Bazaar)
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| 1974 | Brad Maynard, punter (NY Giants)
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| 1974 | John Wallace, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)
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| 1974 | Orlando Bobo, guard (Minnesota Vikings)
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