1463 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher 1507 - Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) 1513 - Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne 1562 - George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury 1656 - Edmund Halley, astronomer (Halleys Comet) [NS=Nov 8] 1682 - Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761) 1690 - Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754) 1704 - John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757) 1740 - James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnsons biographer 1815 - Daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904) 1815 - Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language (d. 1856) 1816 - Ferdinand II AFA, king of Portugal 1822 - Joost G Kist, Dutch lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97) 1822 - Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (d. 1902) 1824 - Joseph Horace Lewis, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1904 1827 - Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist (d. 1907) 1837 - Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-12) 1837 - Harriet Powers, US, slave/writer (Creation of Animals) 1844 - Albert von Rothschild, Austrian banker 1853 - Josephine B Willson Bruce, US theorist (NACW) 1855 - Paul Bruchési, archbishop of Montreal (d. 1939) 1857 - Conrad Haebler, German historian (Early printers of Spain/Portugal) 1859 - Charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn) 1861 - Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904) 1871 - Narziss Ach, German psychologist (Analyse des Willens) 1873 - Guillermo Valencia, Colombia, poet/translator/statesman 1875 - Marie, queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania (1914-27) 1877 - Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (Yorks & Eng SLA, played Tests 1899-1930) 1877 - Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film mogul (d. 1966) 1878 - Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II) 1879 - Franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor (1932) 1879 - Alva B. Adams, American politician (d. 1941) 1882 - Jean Giraudoux, French writer (d. 1944) 1883 - Dirk Verbeek, Dutch actor/director (Hofstad Stage) 1884 - Bela Lugosi, Lugos Hungary, horror actor (Dracula, Body Snatcher) 1890 - Claire Goll, writer 1891 - Fanny Brice, NYC, singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks) 1893 - Johannes F Johan Bakker Jr, Dutch actor 1897 - Hope Emerson, Hawarden Iowa, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn) Nazi Minister of Propaganda and Information Joseph Goebbels (1897) 1897 - [Paul] Joseph Goebbels, Rheydt, Germany, Nazi Reich Minister of Information and Propaganda 1898 - Emmanuel Bondeville, composer 1899 - Akim Tamiroff, Tiflis Russia, actor (For Whom the Bell Tolls) 1901 - Daniele Amfiteatrov, composer 1903 - Vivian Ellis, composer 1905 - Laurence Dowdall, lawyer 1906 - Fredric [William] Brown, US, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home) 1907 - Edwige Feuillère, French film actress (d. 1998) 1908 - Stewart Myles MacPherson, broadcaster 1909 - Douglass Montgomery, LA CA, actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane) 1910 - Alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician 1911 - Phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader 1915 - Dennis Brookes, cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 & 7) 1917 - Eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again) 1917 - Henry Carlsson, Sweden, soccer (Olympic-gold-1948) 1918 - Bernard Gordon, American writer and producer (d. 2007) 1920 - Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate 1920 - Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I, Indian Catholic 1921 - Bill Mauldin, cartoonist (WW II Army grunts) 1921 - Ed Kemmer, Reading Pa, actor (Buzz Corey-Space Patrol) 1921 - William Henry Mauldin, NM, political cartoonist (Pulitzer-1945, 59) 1922 - Francois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor (Spider) 1922 - Neal Hefti, Hastings Neb, orchestra leader (Kate Smith Show) 1922 - Neil Blaney, politician 1923 - Dietrich Manicke, composer 1923 - Carl Djerassi, Austrian chemist 1924 - Zbigniew Herbert, writer 1925 - Betty Evans Grayson, Portland Or, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959) 1925 - Geraldine Brooks, NYC, actr (Faraday & Co, Dumplings, Act of Murder) 1925 - Zoot Sims, rocker 1925 - Dominick Dunne, American author 1925 - Robert Hardy, English actor 1926 - Jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor 1927 - Frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951) 1927 - Hugo Schiltz, Flemish politician 1930 - Peter Stampfel, rocker 1930 - Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor (d. 2002) 1930 - Natalie Sleeth, American composer (d. 1992) 1930 - Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer 1931 - Franco Interlenghi, Italian actor 1934 - Karl Francis Hettinger, Onion Field survivor 1934 - Pim Jacobs, jazz pianist/Dutch TV host/actor (Gilas) 1934 - Ramon Sender, composer 1934 - Robert E Hughes, NYC, orchestra leader (Rich Little Show) 1935 - David Allen, cricketer (England off-spinner of 60s) 1936 - Akiko Kojima, Japanese model 1937 - Michael Ponti, Freiburg Germany, pianist (Boston Competition 1964) President of Liberia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (1938) 1938 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia 1940 - Connie Mack, (Rep-R-FL, 1983- /Sen-R-FL) 1940 - Galen Weston, English/Canadian industrial/multi-millionaire 1940 - Frida Boccara, French singer (d. 1996) 1940 - José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Catholic bishop 1941 - Brian Yuile, cricketer (NZ slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests) 1942 - Johan Fleming Ramsland, British broadcaster 1942 - Bob Ross, American artist and television host (d. 1995) 1943 - Donald Simpson, film producer 1944 - Denny Laine, [Brian Hines], rock guitarist (Moody Blues, Wings) 1944 - Fausto Leali, Italian entertainer 1944 - Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch guitarist (Shocking Blue) 1944 - Otto Wiesheu, German minister 1944 - Claude Brochu, Major League Baseball executive (Montreal Expos) 1945 - Melba Moore, [Beatrice], NYC, singer/actress (Ellis Island) 1946 - Anura Tennekoon, cricketer (Sri Lankan World Cup captain 1975-79) 1946 - Peter Green, [Peter Greenbaum], London, rocker (Fleetwood Mac) 1946 - Strinivasa Moodley, South African anti-apartheid activist 1947 - Richard Dreyfuss, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Jaws, Nuts, Mr Hollands Opus) 1947 - Helen Coonan, Australian politician Actress Kate Jackson (1948) 1948 - Kate Jackson, Birmingham Ala, actress (Rookies, Charlies Angels) 1948 - Ricky Reynolds, rocker 1949 - Paul Orndorff, wrestler (WCW/SMW/NWA/WWF, Mr Wonderful) 1949 - James Williamson, American guitarist 1951 - Dirk Kempthorne, (Sen-R Idaho) 1951 - Guy Gelso, rock drummer (Zebra) 1951 - Rick Bordia, rock guitarist (Mink Deville) 1952 - Arnell Carmichael, rock keyboardist (Raydio) 1952 - Beth Solomon, LPGA golfer 1952 - Valeri I Tokarev, Russian colonel/cosmonaut 1953 - Denis Potvin, Ottawa Ontario, NY Islander defenseman (Norris trophy) 1954 - Anita Meijer, Dutch singer (Just a Disillusion) 1954 - Herman Ronald Frazier, Phila, 400m/4x400m runner (Olympic-gold-1976) 1955 - Kevin DuBrow, rocker 1955 - Roger ODonnell, English musician (The Cure) 1955 - Boy Abunda, Filipino journalist and television personality 1956 - Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican boxer 1957 - Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor, Best known as the voice of Homer Simpson 1958 - David Remnick, American writer and editor of The New Yorker 1959 - Finola Hughes, London, actress (Anna-General Hospital, Staying Alive) 1959 - Jesse Barfield, Ill, outfielder (Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 HR leader) 1959 - Mike Gartner, Ottawa, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs) 1959 - Tamar Baruch, actress (Small Truth, Q & Q) 1960 - Michael Carter, Dallas Tx, shot putter (Olympic-silver-1984) 1961 - Cornelia Oschkenat, German DR, hurdler (50m indoor) 1961 - Joel Otto, Elk River MN, NHL center (Phila Flyers, Team USA Oly-1998) 1961 - Randy Jackson, Gary In, rocker (Jackson 5-ABC) 1964 - Greg Montgomery, punter (Baltimore Ravens) 1964 - Jackie Pereira, Perth Australia, field hockey center/forward (Oly-96) 1964 - May Allison, Toronto Ontario, marathoner (Olympics-96) 1965 - Andy Beal, Germany, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 West of England Pro) 1965 - Greg Davis, NFL kicker (Arizona Cardinals) 1965 - Steven Sweet, Wadsworth Ohio, heavy metal artist (Warrant-Cherry Pie) 1967 - Greg Gohr, Santa Clara California, pitcher (Detroit Tigers) 1967 - Joely Fisher, Los Angeles California, actress (Paige-Ellen) 1967 - Beth Chapman, Star of Dog the Bounty Hunter 1967 - Rufus Sewell, English actor 1968 - Grayson McCouch, NYC, actor (Morgan Winthrop-Another World) 1968 - Johann Olav Koss, speed skater (Olympics-3 gold-1994) 1968 - Tsunku, Japanese music producer 1969 - Peter Breen, Brockton Mass, dance skater 1969 - Giorgos Donis, Greek footballer 1969 - Eleni Menegaki, Greek TV presenter 1970 - Charles Swann, WLAF cornerback (Scotland Claymores) 1970 - Chris Thorpe, Waukegan Ill, doubles luger (Olympics-1994) 1970 - Dan Ratushny, Nepean, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers) 1970 - Edwin van der Sar, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (Ajax) 1970 - Marquez Pope, NFL cornerback (SF 49ers) 1970 - Phillip Cocu, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse, PSV) 1971 - Greg Blewett, cricketer (Aust batsman, century on Test debut 1995) 1971 - Matthew Hayden, cricketer (heavy scorer for Queensland, Aust 1994-96) Actress Winona Ryder (1971) 1971 - Winona Ryder, [Horowitz], Mn, actress (Heathers, Edward Scissorhand) 1971 - Daniel J. Bernstein, American professor 1972 - Rhonda Blades, WNBA guard (NY Liberty) 1972 - Takafumi Horie, Japanese entrepreneur 1972 - Gabrielle Union, American actress 1972 - Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress 1973 - Adam Bacher, cricketer (nephew of Ali S Afr Test batsman 1996- ) 1973 - Robert Pirès, French footballer 1974 - Mike Crawford, linebacker (Miami Dolphins) 1974 - R A Dickey, Nashville Tenn, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96) 1974 - Renata Hornofova, Miss Universe-Czech Republic (1996) 1974 - Michael Vaughan, English cricketer 1975 - Kelly Lin, Chinese actress 1976 - Claudia Dopf, Miss Peru Universe (1997) 1976 - Mohsen Emadi, Iranian Poet 1977 - Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor 1978 - Travis Henry, American football player 1979 - Ignasi Giménez Renom, Catalan politician 1980 - Ben Foster, American actor 1980 - B.J. Sams, American football player 1981 - Amanda Beard, Newport Beach CA, 100m/200m breaststroke (Oly-2 silv-96) 1981 - Jonathan Brown, Australian rules footballer 1981 - Reema Sen, Indian actress 1982 - Chelan Simmons, Canadian actress 1982 - Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer 1983 - Maurice Clarett, American football player 1983 - Dana Eveland, American baseball player 1983 - Jason Tahincioglu, Turkish racing driver 1983 - Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor 1983 - Johnny Lewis, Los Angeles, California, actor ( Sons of Anarchy, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem), (d. 2012) 1984 - Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player 1985 - Severino Jefferson, Brazilian football player 1987 - Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer 1990 - Carlson Young,American actress
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