2000) * 1936 – Ian Abercrombie, English actor * 1937 – Iosif Kobzon, Soviet singer and Russian businessman * 1937 – Queen Paola Ruffo di Calabria of Belgium * 1937 – Robert Crippen, American astronaut * 1938 – David Higgins, British Composer and Conductor * 1939 – Charles Geschke, American inventor and businessman * 1940 – Brian de Palma, American film director * 1940 – Theodore Olson, U.S. Solicitor General * 1940 – Nong Duc Manh, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam * 1940 – Robert Palmer, last CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation * 1942 – Lola Falana, American singer * 1942 – Gerome Ragni American Playwright * 1943 – Mickey Hart, American drummer (Grateful Dead) * 1943 – Raymond Villeneuve, Canadian terrorist * 1944 – Everaldo, Brazilian footballer * 1944 – Freddy Thielemans, mayor of Brussels * 1945 – Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer * 1945 – Leo Kottke, American acoustic guitarist * 1945 – Felton Perry, American actor * 1948 – John Martyn, English musician * 1949 – Bill Whittington, race car driver * 1950 – Bruce Doull, Australian rules footballer * 1950 – Amy Madigan, American actress * 1950 – Barry Sheene, British motorcyclist (d…. 2008) * 1953 – Tommy Shaw, American musician and singer (Styx) * 1953 – Jani Allan, South African journalist and media personality * 1956 – Tony Gilroy, American screenwriter and director * 1957 – Brad Bird, American director and animator * 1957 – Jeff Sluman, American professional golfer * 1958 – Brad Lesley, American baseball player, actor and television personality * 1958 – Scott Patterson, American actor * 1958 – Roxann Dawson, American actress * 1958 – Phoef Sutton, American television writer and producer * 1960 – Anne Ramsay, American actress * 1961 – Virginia Madsen, American actress * 1961 – Philip Ardagh, British writer * 1962 – Elizabeth Daily, American actress * 1962 – Filip Dewinter Belgian politician * 1962 – Kristy McNichol, American actress * 1962 – Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer * 1963 – Dr Patrick McWilliams, Irish author * 1963 – Colin Wells, English actor * 1964 – Ellis Burks, American baseball player * 1964 – Victor Wooten, American musician * 1965 – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria * 1965 – Paul Heyman, American wrestling manager * 1965 – Moby, American musician * 1965 – David Roe, English snooker player * 1966 – Princess Akishino, Japanese Imperial Family * 1967 – Maria Bartiromo, financial broadcast journalist * 1967 – Harry Connick, Jr., American singer * 1967 – Tony David, Australian darts player * 1968 – Kay Hanley, American musician * 1968 – Paul Mayeda Berges, American film writer and director * 1969 – Eduardo Perez, American baseball player * 1969 – Gidget Gein, American musician * 1970 – Chris Garver, tattoo artist * 1970 – Taraji P.
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