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Last updated: 2008 August 9.

1916 January 1 Birth of Earl Wrightson Baltimore Maryland, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue). [1] January 3 Birth of Antonio Estevez composer. [1] Birth of Betty Furness New York City, New York, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1). [1] January 4 Birth of Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede portrait painter. [1] Birth of Robert Parrish Columbus Georgia, director (Casino Royale). [1] January 6 Birth of Philip Bezanson composer. [1] January 7 Birth of Gerrit Schulte [Le Fou Pedalant], Dutch six day bicyclist. [1] Birth of Paul Keres USSR, chess grandmaster (1950). [1] January 9 Birth of Alain Bernardin impressario (Crazy Horse Saloon). [1] Birth of Vic Mizzy Brooklyn New York, orchestra leader (Don Rickles Show). [1] January 11 Birth of Bernard Blier Buenos Aires Argentina; actor (Les Miserables). [1] Birth of James H [Jimmy] Quillen (Representative-Republican-TN, 1963-). [1] January 12 Birth of A P(ieter) W Botha Orange Free State, President of South Africa. [1] January 13 Birth of Bella Lewitsky choreographer. [1] Birth of Osa Massen Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Jack London, Rocketship XM). [1] January 14 Birth of John Oliver Killens novelist. [1] January 15 Birth of Mikki Doyle journalist. [1] January 16 Birth of Frederick Stewart British geologist. [1] January 17 Birth of Joel Herron Chicago Illinois, orchestra leader (Jaye P Morgan Show). [1] January 18 Birth of Alec Coxon cricketer (England pace bowler in one Test, 2-90 and 1-82). [1] January 20 Birth of Jopie [Johan A] Pengel premier of Suriname (1963-69). [1] Birth of Walter Bartley biochemist. [1] January 22 Birth of Henri Dutilleux Angers France, composer. [1] January 24 Birth of John Corner scientist. [1] Birth of Vic Stollmeyer cricketer (brother of Jeff Scored 96 in only Test innings). [1] January 26 Birth of Lothar Jensch composer. [1] January 28 Birth of Peter Crossley-Holland composer. [1] January 29 Birth of Barbara Skelton writer. [1] January 31 Birth of Ciro D Crown premier of Dutch Antilles (1968-69). [1] Birth of Frank A Parker tennis champion (US Open-1944). [1] Birth of Violet Cane statistician. [1] February 1 Birth of Gordon Hobday Lord Lieutenant (Nottinghamshire). [1] February 3 Birth of Vivien Signy nurse. [1] February 4 Birth of Basil Hembry farmer/campaigner. [1] Birth of Colin Morris playwright/documentary filmmaker. [1] Birth of David Vassall Cox composer. [1] Birth of Gavin Buchanan Ewart English poet (Pleasures of the Flesh). [1] February 6 Birth of Bill Doggett rocker. [1] February 10 Birth of Edward R Roybal (Representative-Democrat-California, 1963-). [1] February 11 Birth of Bernice Levin Neugarten social scientist/gerontologist. [1] February 12 Birth of Joseph L Alioto (Mayor-San Francisco). [1] Birth of Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske Austrian composer (Vom Tode). [1] February 13 Birth of James Griffith Los Angeles California; actor (Sheriff of Cochise). [1] February 14 Birth of Edward Platt Staten Island New York; actor (Chief-Get Smart). [1] Birth of Masaki Kobayashi Japanese director (Joi-uchi). [1] Birth of Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski composer. [1] February 15 Birth of Ian Ballantine publisher (Ballantine Books). [1] February 16 Birth of William Ballard Doggett jazz musician. [1] February 17 Birth of Don Tallon cricketer (perhaps Australia's greatest wicket-keeper). [1] Birth of Raf Vallone Tropea Italy; actor (El Cid, two Women, Greek Tycoon). [1] February 18 Birth of Betty Phyllis Gathergood curator. [1] Birth of Jean Drapeau mayor of Montréal (1954-1957, 1960-1986). [1] February 19 Birth of Eddie Arcaro jockey (1958 Racing Hall of Fame, two triple crowns). [1] February 20 Birth of Julius Juzeliunas composer. [1] Birth of Paul Tripp New York City, New York, TV host (Mr I Magination). [1] February 23 Birth of George Abel Canada, ice hockey player (Olympics-gold-1972). [1] Birth of Martindale Sidwell organist/conductor. [1] Birth of William Walsh academic. [1] February 24 Birth of Gene Mitchell museum director. [1] February 25 Birth of Ian Wallace British CEO. [1] Birth of Ralph Baldwin harness driver (set 11 major world records). [1] February 26 Birth of Jackie Gleason in Brooklyn, New York; comedian (Ralph Kramden - The Honeymooners). [1] [5] Birth of Mordecai Seter composer. [1] Birth of Ross Gregory cricketer (Australian batsman 1936-37, died in WWII). [1] March 2 Birth of Anne Vondeling Dutch politician (PvdA). [1] Birth of Bernard George Stevens composer. [1] March 4 Birth of Giorgio Bassani Italian writer (Botteghe Oscure). [1] Birth of Hans Eysenck psychologist. [1] March 5 Birth of Horace Ian Parrott composer. [1] March 6 Birth of Rochelle Hudson Oklahoma City Oklahoma, actress (That's My Boy). [1] March 8 Birth of R W Schnell writer. [1] March 10 Birth of James Herriot Scotland, writer (All Creatures Great and Small). [1] Birth of Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill record producer. [1] March 11 Birth of Sir [James] Harold Wilson (Liberal) British Prime Minister (1964-70, 1974-76). [1] March 13 Birth of (Corinne) Lindy (Claiborne) Boggs (Representative-Democrat-Louisiana, 1973-). [1] March 15 Birth of Geert Lubberhuizen publisher (Busy Bee). [1] Birth of Harry James Albany Georgia, trumpeter (married to Betty Grable). [1] March 16 Birth of Lloyd McBride union president (United Steelworkers). [1] March 18 Birth of Louis Toebosch composer. [1] March 19 Birth of Irving Wallace author (People's Almanac, The Man). [1] March 20 Birth of Pierre Messmer Prime Minister (France). [1] March 21 Birth of Harold Robbins US, novelist (The Carpetbaggers) [or 0521]. [1] March 22 Birth of George Wyle New York City, New York, orchestra leader (Jerry Lewis Show, Flip Wilson Show). [1] Birth of Josephine van Gasteren Dutch actress/director (Bluejackets). [1] March 25 Birth of Nikolay Ivanovich Peyko composer. [1] March 26 Birth of Bill Edrich cricketer (Middlesex and England bat, Compton's mate). [1] Birth of Christian B Anfinsen US chemist (cell physiology, Nobel Prize 1972). [1] Birth of Harry Rabinowitz British composer/conductor. [1] Birth of Mort Abrahams producer (Dr Doolittle, Planet Of Apes). [1] Birth of Sterling Hayden Upper Montclair New Jersey; actor (Dr Strangelove, Asphalt Jungle, Cobra). [1] Birth of Vic Schoen Brooklyn New York, orchestra leader (Patti Page Olds Show). [1] March 29 Birth of Eugene J McCarthy Watkins Minnesota, (Senator-Democrat-Minnesota, Presidential candidate 1968). [1] Birth of John Paul Governor-General (Bahamas). [1] March 31 Birth of John Vivyan Chicago Illinois; actor (Imitation of Life, Mr Lucky). [1] April 3 Birth of Herb Caen Sacramento California, columnist (San Francisco Chronicle). [1] Birth of Robert Jesse Charleston museum Curator. [1] April 4 Birth of David White actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched). [1] Birth of Herbert Eugene Caen columnist. [1] April 5 Birth of Baroness Delacourt-Smith of Alteryn. [1] Birth of Bernard Baily comic artist. [1] Birth of Gregory Peck La Jolla California; actor (To Kill a Mockingbird, MacArthur). [1] April 11 Birth of Alberto E Ginastera Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Panambi). [1] Birth of Dan Fortmann NFL guard (Chicago Bears). [1] Birth of Howard Koch producer/director (Frankenstein, Airplane II). [1] April 12 Birth of Brian Connell writer/broadcaster. [1] April 14 Birth of Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari cricketer (India 1947-48). [1] Birth of Denis ApIvor composer. [1] Birth of Emerson Buckley composer. [1] April 17 Birth of Azijn Banana [Oscar Enau], Antillean publicist. [1] Birth of David Stafford-Clark psychiatrist. [1] Birth of Donald Gibson British Vice-Admiral. [1] Birth of Ryoei Saito businessman. [1] Birth of Sirimavo Bandaranaike world's first woman Prime Minister (Sri Lanka, 1960..77). [1] April 21 Birth of Sidney Clute Brooklyn New York; actor (Lou Grant, Cagney and Lacey). [1] April 22 Birth of Earl of Oxford and Asquith Governor (Seychelles). [1] Birth of Yehudi Menuhin New York City, New York, violinist/conductor (Bartok's Sonata). [1] April 23 Birth of Bud Wilkinson college football coach (Oklahoma). [1] April 24 Birth of Stanley Kauffmann New York City, New York, playwright (Red Handkerchief Man). [1] April 26 Birth of Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk composer. [1] Birth of Morris L West Australia, novelist (Shoes of the Fisherman). [1] April 27 Birth of Jan Rychlik composer. [1] April 30 Birth of Claude Shannon information theorist. [1] Birth of Dugo D Schenker Suriname/Antillian producer. [1] Birth of Robert Shaw Red Bluff California, chorale conductor (Robert Shaw Chorale). [1] May 1 Birth of Glenn Ford Québec Canada; actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway). [1] Birth of Jack Parr Canton Ohio, TV host (Jack Paar Show). [1] Birth of Jane Jacobs Scranton Pennsylvania, urbanologist. [1] May 3 Birth of Henry Barbosa Gonzalez San Antonio Texas, (Representative-Democrat-Texas, 1961-). [1] Birth of Pierre Emmanuel French poet (Sodome). [1] May 4 Birth of Maurice "Moe" Purtill jazz drummer. [1] May 5 Birth of Mutal' Burkhanov composer. [1] May 6 Birth of Adriana Caselotti animation voice (Show White). [1] May 8 Birth of Gordon Scarrott engineer. [1] May 9 Birth of Bernard William George Rose composer/organist. [1] Birth of Cyril Bowles bishop of Derby. [1] Birth of Douglas Guest organist. [1] May 10 Birth of Milton Babbitt US mathematician/composer (Widow's Lament). [1] May 11 Birth of Camilo José Cela Spain, author (La Colmena-1951). [1] May 12 Birth of Ellis Bonoff Kohs composer. [1] May 15 Birth of Bill Williams Brooklyn New York; actor (Starlit Time, Date With the Angels). [1] May 16 Birth of Adriana Caselotti cartoon voice. [1] Birth of Bernard Braden broadcaster/actor (All Night Lone, Full Treatment). [1] Birth of Ephraim Katzir biophysicist/President (Israel). [1] Birth of Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro doctor/social reformer. [1] May 17 Birth of Cornelis A Eman Aruban politician. [1] Birth of John Hinde photographer/circus promoter. [1] May 20 Birth of Cornelie Coposu politician. [1] Birth of John McIntyre theologian. [1] Birth of Owen Chadwick chancellor (University of East Anglia). [1] May 21 Birth of Harold Robbins New York City, New York, author (Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers, Betsy). [1] Birth of Joseph Janni producer. [1] Birth of Leonard Manasseh architect. [1] May 22 Birth of Gordon Binkerd composer. [1] May 23 Birth of Margaret Hayden Rector playwright (living legacy award 1995). [1] May 24 Birth of Roden Cutler Governor (New South Wales). [1] May 25 Birth of Lou van Rees Dutch impresario [or May 29]. [1] Birth of Virginia Ginny Simms actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band). [1] May 27 Birth of Norman Griggs Vice President (Building Society Association). [1] May 28 Birth of C Wright Mills US sociologist (Power Elite) [or August 28]. [1] Birth of Gerald McArthur detective. [1] Birth of Thora Hird actress (Nightcomers, Kind of Loving). [1] Birth of Walker Percy Birmingham Alabama, author (Adventures of a Bad Catholic). [1] Birth of Walker Percy Birmingham Alabama, writer (Adventures of a Bad Catholic). [1] May 29 Birth of Carl M Story fiddler. [1] May 30 Birth of Dr Joseph W Kennedy scientist (one of four discoverers of plutonium). [1] May 31 Birth of Bert Haanstra Holten Netherlands, director (Fanfare). [1] Birth of John Vivyan actor (Mr Lucky, Wrong Man, Imitation of Life). [1] Birth of Judy Campbell actress (Convoy, Bonnie Prince Charlie). [1] June 8 Birth of Francis Crick codiscovered DNA's structure (Nobel Prize 1962). [1] June 9 Birth of Robert S McNamara US Secretary of Defense (1961-68)/head of World Bank. [1] June 12 Birth of Irwin Allen disaster-movie producer (Towering Inferno). [1] June 23 Birth of Irene Worth Nebraska, actress (Deathtrap, Nicolas and Alexandra). [1] June 24 Birth of John Ciardi poet/critic (translated Dante). [1] June 26 Birth of Alex Dreier Honolulu Hawaii, newscaster (Whats it all about World?). [1] June 29 Birth of Ruth Warwick Saint Joseph Missouri, actress (All My Children, Peyton Place). [1] June 30 Birth of David Wayne actor (Adam's Rib, Andromeda Strain, Three Faces of Eve). [1] July 1 Birth of Olivia de Havilland in Tokyo, Japan; actress (Adventures of Robin Hood). [1] [5] July 2 Birth of Barry Gray radio personality (started call-in radio). [1] Birth of Ken Curtis Lamar Colo; actor (Ripcord, Festus-Gunsmoke). [1] July 4 Birth of Tokyo Rose WW II propogandist. [1] July 9 Birth of Edward Heath (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1970-74). [1] July 11 Birth of Gough Whitlam (ALP) Australia, Prime Minister (1972-75). [1] July 17 Birth of Eleanor Steber Wheeling West Virginia, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940). [1] July 18 Birth of Harriet Hilliard Nelson singer/actress (Ozzie and Harriet). [1] July 19 Birth of Phillip Cavaretta baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1945). [1] July 23 Birth of Ben Weber Saint Louis Missouri, composer (Thorne Music Award-1965). [1] July 24 Birth of Bob Eberly Mechanicsville New York, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band). [1] Birth of John D MacDonald novelist (Deep Blue Goodbye). [1] July 27 Birth of Kennan Wynn New York City; actor (Dr Strangelove, Absent Minded Professor). [1] July 28 Birth of David Brown New York City, director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes). [1] Birth of Laird Cregar Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square). [1] August 2 Birth of Beatrice Straight Old Westbury New York, actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Story). [1] August 6 Birth of Michael Burke sports executive (New York Yankees, New York Knicks). [1] August 18 Birth of Elsa Morante Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo). [1] Birth of Moura Lympany Saltash England, pianist (OBE-1979). [1] August 19 Birth of Marie Wilson Anaheim California, actress (My Friend Irma). [1] August 25 Birth of Van Johnson Newport Rhode Island; actor (Brigadoon) always wore red socks. [1] August 28 Birth of C Wright Mills sociologist, writer (The Power Elite). [1] August 29 Birth of George Montgomery Brady Mont; actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination). [1] August 31 Birth of Daniel Schorr broadcast journalist (CBS). [1] September 2 Birth of Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney winner of more than 141 US tennis titles. [1] Birth of Penny Santon Greenwich Village New York, actress (Roll Out, Matt Houston). [1] September 14 Birth of Eric Bentley England, critic/writer (In Search of Theater). [1] September 15 Birth of Margaret Lockwood actress (Lady Vanishes). [1] September 18 Birth of John J Rhodes (Representative-Republican-Arizona). [1] Birth of Rossano Brazzi Bologna Italy; actor (Antaeus-Survivors). [1] September 28 Birth of Peter Finch actor (Network, Windom's Way, Raid on Entebbe). [1] September 29 Birth of Trevor Howard England; actor (Mutiny on Bounty, Ryan's Daughter). [1] October 7 Birth of Walt W Rostow economist (Politics and Stages of Growth). [1] October 8 Birth of Spark Matsunaga (Democrat-Hawaii-Senator). [1] October 14 Birth of C Everett Koop surgeon general (1981-89). [1] October 19 Birth of David Lewis Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital). [1] Birth of Emil Gilels Odessa Russia, pianist (Brussels Competition-1938). [1] October 22 Birth of Sid Miller Shenandoah Pennsylvania; actor (Donald O'Connor Texaco Show). [1] October 26 Birth of François Mitterand Jarnac France, President of France (1981-1995). [1] November 4 Birth of Walter Cronkite Saint Joseph Missouri, news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81). [1] November 6 Birth of Ray Conniff Massachusetts, chorus director (Ray Conniff Singers). [1] November 7 Birth of Joe Bushkin New York City, jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes). [1] November 8 Birth of June Havoc Seattle Washington, actress (Willy, Panic, GE Theater). [1] Birth of Peter Weiss Germany, Swedish writer/dramatist/novelist (Marat/Sade). [1] November 10 Birth of Billy May Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show). [1] Birth of Guido Turchi Rome Italy, composer (Invettiva). [1] November 13 Birth of Jack Elam Miami Arizona; actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo). [1] November 16 Birth of Daws Butler in Toledo, Ohio, USA; cartoon voice (Elroy Jetson). [1] [5] November 20 Birth of Judy Canova Jacksonville Florida, comedienne/actress (Cannonball). [1] Birth of Robert A Bruce Maryland, pioneer (exercise cardiology). [1] November 21 Birth of Sid Luckman NFL quarterback (Chicago Bears). [1] November 28 Birth of Guy Lapebie France, 100K cyclist (Olympic-silver-1936). [1] December 2 Birth of John Bentley Sparkhill Birmingham England; actor (The Chair, Hammer the Toff). [1] December 8 Birth of Dorothy Mae Ballard labor union representative. [1] December 9 Birth of Wolfgang Hildesheimer German/Swiss architect/writer (Mozart biog). [1] December 15 Birth of Maurice Wilkins England, physicist, worked with DNA (Nobel Prize 1962). [1] December 16 Birth of Theo Bitter Dutch painter/set designer. [1] Birth of Udom Patpongsiri property developer. [1] December 17 Birth of Antoine G T "Toon" Hermans Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes). [1] December 18 Birth of Betty Grable in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Gay Divorcee). [1] [5] December 19 Birth of Adriaan van der Veen Dutch writer (Sister at Sea). [1] Birth of Hal Hastings New York City, New York, orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway). [1] Birth of Mervyn Wallace cricketer (13 Tests for New Zealand, latterly as captain). [1] December 21 Birth of Eve Perrick journalist. [1] Birth of John Boon publisher. [1] December 25 Birth of Daniel Devoto composer. [1] December 26 Birth of Helmut Eder composer. [1] December 28 Birth of Noel Johnson British actor (Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash). [1] December 31 Birth of Suzy Delair Paris France, actress (Utopia, White Paws). [1]