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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1926 January 1 Birth of Claire Polin [Schaff] composer flautist/musicologist. [1] January 3 Birth of Danny Overbea blues singer/guitarist. [1] Birth of George Martin record producer (The Beatles). [1] January 5 Birth of Claude (Buddy) Young NFL running back (New York Yankees, Texans, Colts). [1] Birth of Robert Earle Baldwin New York, TV host (GE College Bowl). [1] January 8 Birth of Evelyn Lear [Shulman], Brooklyn New York, soprano. [1] Birth of Jani Christou composer. [1] Birth of Milton "Soupy Sales" Hines in North Carolina, USA; comedian (Soupy Sales Show). [1] [5] January 10 Birth of June Haver Mrs Fred MacMurray/actress (Dolly Sisters). [1] January 11 Birth of Alexander Gibson conductor. [1] Birth of Elisabeth M J "Elly" Bakker Dutch actress (The Miser). [1] Birth of Grant Tinker broadcasting executive (NBC-TV). [1] Birth of Lev Stepanovich Demin Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 15). [1] Birth of Phil Sidey broadcaster. [1] January 12 Birth of Morton Feldman New York City, New York, composer. [1] Birth of Ray Price country singer (For The Good Times). [1] January 13 Birth of Carolyn Heilbrun [Amanda Cross], author (Lady Ottoline's Album). [1] Birth of Pamela M Cunnington English architect/author (Change of Use). [1] January 14 Birth of Frank Aletter Long Island New York; actor (Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy). [1] Birth of Harold Wolpe sociologist lawyer/South African activist. [1] Birth of Thomas Tryon Hartford Connecticut; actor/novelist (I Married a Monster from Outer Space, Cardinal, All That Glitters). [1] January 15 Birth of Maria Schell Vienna Austria, actress (Space 1999). [1] January 16 Birth of John "Jack" Layden local politician. [1] January 17 Birth of Clyde Walcott cricketer (one of the three W's, later ICC chairman). [1] Birth of Moira Shearer Dunfermline Scotland, ballerina (Red Shoes). [1] Birth of Richard Michael Hills comedy script writer. [1] January 19 Birth of Fritz Weaver Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; actor (Josef-Holocaust, Day of the Dolphin). [1] Birth of Libera Carlier Flemish author (Action Station Go!). [1] January 20 Birth of David Eugene Tudor Philadelphia Pennsylvania, composer. [1] Birth of Michael Higgins Brooklyn New York; actor (1918, Wanda, Black Stallion). [1] Birth of Patricia Neal Packard Kentucky, actress (Hud, Subject Was Roses). [1] Birth of Robert L Van Citters cardiology/advisory panelist/UW dean. [1] January 21 Birth of Franco Evangelisti Italian composer. [1] Birth of Paul Burke New Orleans Louisiana; actor (Neal-Dynasty). [1] Birth of Raf Reymen Flemish actor. [1] Birth of Steve Reeves Glasgow Montana; actor (Hercules, Hercules Unchained). [1] January 22 Birth of Lord Erskine of Rerrick peer. [1] Birth of Tom Blackburn writer. [1] January 26 Birth of Charles Tidbury former chairman (Whitbread and Company). [1] Birth of Jose Maria Valverde philosopher poet/translator. [1] Birth of Ronnie Hilton singer (Moonraker). [1] January 29 Birth of Abdus Salam theoretical physicist. [1] Birth of Bob Berry cricketer (England slow lefty 1950). [1] January 30 Birth of Ruth Brown Portsmouth Virginia, actress (Leona-Hello Larry, Checking In). [1] January 31 Birth of Jean Simmons London England, actress (Thorn Birds, Guys and Dolls). [1] Birth of Prunella Briance founder (National Childbirth Trust). [1] February 1 Birth of Douglas Johnson historian. [1] Birth of Peter Crill Bailiff of Jersey. [1] Birth of Stuart Whitman San Francisco California; actor (Captain Apache, Ransom, Cimarron Strip, Revenge). [1] February 2 Birth of Elaine Stritch Detroit Michigan, actress (My Sister Eileen, Company). [1] Birth of Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo first Cent American cardinal (Nicaragua). [1] Birth of Nydia M E Ecury Arubian poet/actress (Kantika pa Mama Tera). [1] Birth of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing President of France (1974-81). [1] Birth of Wanda Lewis Struther Ohio, actress (This is Music, Paul Dixon Show). [1] February 3 Birth of Arthur Arfons auto racer/designer (Green Monster 1964-536.71 MPH). [1] Birth of Glen Tetley US choreographer. [1] Birth of Hans-Jochen Vogel leader of West Germany's Social Democrats (SPD). [1] Birth of J Roy Rowland (Representative-Democrat-Georgia, 1983-). [1] Birth of Shelley Berman Chicago Illinois; actor/comedian (Son of the Blob, Love American Style). [1] February 4 Birth of John Edward Caulwell Hearne writer. [1] February 5 Birth of Arthur Ochs Sulzberger New York City, New York, publisher (New York Times). [1] February 7 Birth of Konstantin Petrovich Feokistov USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod I). [1] February 8 Birth of Audrey Meadows in Wu Chang, China; actress (Alice - Honeymooners). [28] (1924 [1]) (1922 [5]) February 9 Birth of Garret FitzGerald Prime Minister of Ireland. [1] February 10 Birth of Danny Blanchflower British soccer player. [1] February 11 Birth of Alexander Gibson British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera). [1] Birth of Paul Bocuse France, great chef (Legion of Honor). [1] February 12 Birth of Joe Garagiola Saint Louis Missouri, sportscaster/host (Today Show). [1] Birth of Paul Hamlyn English publisher/multi-millionaire (Octopus). [1] February 13 Birth of Barney Childs composer. [1] February 14 Birth of John Clark CEO (Plessey Company). [1] February 16 Birth of Jack Levy mechanical engineer. [1] Birth of John Schlesinger London England, film director (Midnight Cowboy, Darling). [1] Birth of Vera-Ellen [Westmeyr Rohe], Cincinnati Ohio, actress/dancer (Wonder Man). [1] February 17 Birth of Friedrich Cerha composer. [1] Birth of Lee Hoiby Madison Wisconsin, composer (1957 Arts and Letters). [1] February 18 Birth of Harry "Little" Caesar blues singer/actor (City Heat, Homer and Eddie). [1] Birth of Len Ford NFL end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers). [1] February 19 Birth of Gyorgy Kurtag composer. [1] February 20 Birth of Cameron Rusby British Vice-Admiral. [1] Birth of Edgar Meuli cricketer (opened New Zealand batting in Test vs South Africa 1953). [1] Birth of Kenneth H Olsen US, engineer/founder (Digital Equipment Corp). [1] Birth of Robert Eugene Richards Illinois, pole vaulter (Olympics-gold-48, 52, 56). [1] February 21 Birth of Hans Andreus [Johan W van der Zant], Dutch poet (Animal Language). [1] February 22 Birth of Bud Yorkin producer (All in the Family, 1959, 1960 Emmy). [1] February 23 Birth of Regine Crespin French vocalist (Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete). [1] February 24 Birth of Reginald Freeson British Member of Parliament. [1] February 25 Birth of Harvey McGregor QC/warden (New College-Oxford). [1] February 26 Birth of Arsene Souffriau composer. [1] Birth of Cynthia Stone Peoria Illinois, actress (That Wonderful Guy, Ad Libbers). [1] Birth of Konstantin P Feoktistov Voronezh, cosmonaut (Voskhod 1). [1] February 27 Birth of Sir Peter Emery British Member of Parliament. [1] February 28 Birth of Seymour Shifrin composer. [1] Birth of Stanley Glasser composer. [1] Birth of Svetlana Alliluyeva daughter of Josef Stalin, author (My Life). [1] March 1 Birth of Cesare Danova Rome Italy; actor (Garrison's Gorillas). [1] Birth of Pete Rozelle NFL commissioner (1960-89). [1] Birth of Robert Clary Paris France; actor (LeBeau-Hogan's Heroes). [1] March 2 Birth of Murray Newton Rothbard economist/Libertarian Party founder. [1] March 3 Birth of James Ingram Merrill US poet/author (Scripts for the Pageant). [1] March 6 Birth of Alan Greenspan economist/Presidential advisor (Federal Reserve Board). [1] Birth of Andrzej Wajda Suwalki Poland, director (Ashes and Diamonds, Lotna). [1] Birth of Ann Curtis 400 metre/800 metre US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1948). [1] Birth of Elwood H [Bud] Hillis (Representative-Republican-Indiana, 1971-). [1] Birth of Jon Nordal composer. [1] Birth of Miroslav Klega composer. [1] March 9 Birth of Celso Garrido Lecca composer. [1] Birth of Gerrit A Kooy Dutch sociologist (Apartheid and work in South Africa). [1] Birth of Irene Papas Corinth Greece, actress (Moses The Lawgiver). [1] March 10 Birth of Marques Haynes NBA hall of famer (Harlem Globetrotters). [1] March 11 Birth of Adrienne Keith Cohen travel editor. [1] Birth of Ilhan Mimaroglu composer. [1] Birth of Patricia Tindaole England, architect. [1] Birth of Ralph Abernathy civil rights leader (Southern Christian Leadership). [1] March 12 Birth of David Oliver Williams trade unionist (COHSE). [1] Birth of George R Ariyoshi (Governor-Democrat-Hawaii). [1] Birth of Gudrun Ure British actress (The Crow Road, Lady MacBeth, BBC Sorcerer). [1] Birth of Hildy Park Washington DC, actress (To Tell the Truth). [1] Birth of John C[lellon] Holmes US writer (Horn). [1] Birth of Rolv Berger Yttrehus composer. [1] Birth of Ronald Alley art gallery manager (Tate Gallery). [1] March 13 Birth of Frederick Hemming McClintock criminologist. [1] Birth of Raúl Alfonsín Argentine President (1983-89). [1] March 14 Birth of François d'Assise Morel composer. [1] March 15 Birth of Benjamin Burwell Johnson composer. [1] Birth of Norm Van Brocklin NFL quarterback/coach (Los Angeles Rams), hall of famer. [1] Birth of Tim Valentine (Representative-Democrat-North Carolina, 1983-). [1] March 16 Birth of Jerry Lewis [Joseph Levitch] Newark New Jersey, entertainer/fund raiser (MDA), especially loved in France. [1] March 17 Birth of Siegfried Lenz German writer (Ein Kriegsende). [1] March 18 Birth of Peter Graves in Minneapolis, Minnesota; actor (James Phelps - Mission Impossible). [5] (1925 [1]) March 21 Birth of André Delvaux Heverie Belgium, director/writer (Benvenuta). [1] Birth of Virginia Weidler Hollywood California, actress (Babes on Broadway). [1] March 22 Birth of Julius Marmur biochemist/geneticist. [1] Birth of Lawrence Jackson Provost Emeritus (Blackburn). [1] March 23 Birth of Martha Wright Seattle Washington, singer (Let's Dance, The Martha Wright Show). [1] March 24 Birth of Dario Fo Leggiuno Sangiano Virginia, playwright (Nobel Prize-1997). [1] March 25 Birth of Hans Rausing Swedish/British industrial/billionaire (Tetra Pak). [1] Birth of Laszlo Papp Hungary, Olympics Boxer (Gold-1948, 1952, 1956). [1] March 26 Birth of Ann Curtis US, 400 metre freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-1948). [1] March 27 Birth of Louis Blom-Cooper QC press arbiter. [1] March 28 Birth of Francis Burt composer. [1] Birth of Polly Umrigar cricketer (Indian batsman and captain). [1] March 30 Birth of John Heddle Nash singer. [1] Birth of Lord Rayner. [1] Birth of Ray McAnally Buncrana County Donegal Ireland; actor (My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian). [1] Birth of Werner Torkanowsky Berlin Germany, conductor (New Orleans Symphony). [1] March 31 Birth of John Fowles England, novelist (Collector, French Leiutenent's Woman). [1] Birth of Sydney Chaplin son of Charlie/actor (Adding Machine, Psycho Sisters). [1] April 1 Birth of Anne [Inez] McCaffrey US, sci-fi author (Crystal Singer, Dragonflight, Dragondrums). [1] Birth of Lyndon Brook actor (Invasion, Reach for the Sky). [1] April 2 Birth of Elena Verdugo Hollywood California, actress (Consuelo-Marcus Welby M.D.). [1] Birth of Michael Rizzello sculpter/coin designer. [1] April 3 Birth of Andrew Keir actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt, Catholics). [1] Birth of Virgil Grissom Mitchell Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut (Mercury 4, Gemini 3). [1] April 4 Birth of Cloris Leachman Des Moines Iowa, actress (Phyllis, High Anxiety). [1] April 5 Birth of Milton O Thompson astronaut (Dynasoar, X-15). [1] Birth of Roger Corman Detroit Michigan, producer/director (Little Shop of Horrors). [1] April 6 Birth of Ian Paisley North Ireland, clergyman/Member of Parliament. [1] April 7 Birth of Johannes Rood Dutch immunologist (Eurotransplant). [1] April 9 Birth of Graham Hills principal (Strathclyde University, England). [1] Birth of Harris Wofford (Senator-Republican-Pennsylvania). [1] Birth of Hugh [Marston] Hefner Chicago Illinois, magazine publisher (Playboy). [1] Birth of Lord Fitt Member of Parliament (Belfast Ireland). [1] Birth of Michael Ogden QC. [1] April 10 Birth of Jacques Casterede composer. [1] Birth of Johnnie Tillmon civil rights activist (National Welfare Rights Association). [1] April 11 Birth of Gervase de Peyer clarinettist. [1] Birth of Robert Hall Lewis composer. [1] April 13 Birth of Don [James Yarmy] Adams New York City, New York; actor/comedian (Maxwell Smart-Get Smart, Check it Out). [1] Birth of Godfrey Kenton actor. [1] April 14 Birth of Jan Carl Christian Maegaard composer. [1] April 16 Birth of Barbara Tizzard British educator. [1] April 17 Birth of Arthur Hockaday director-General (Commonwealth War Graves Commission). [1] Birth of G M Hughes professor/zoologist. [1] Birth of Michael Vernon CEO (RNLI). [1] April 18 Birth of Doug Insole cricketer (England batsman of the 1950s, nine Tests). [1] Birth of Gunter Meisner Germany; actor (Between Wars, Quiller Memorandum). [1] April 20 Birth of Harriett Elizabeth Byrd politician (Wyoming House of Representatives). [1] April 21 Birth of Elizabeth [Alexandra Mary Windsor II] queen of England (1952-). [1] April 22 Birth of Bob Flannigan Greencastle Indiana, singer (4 Freshmen). [1] Birth of Charlotte Rae in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; actress (Edna - The Facts of Life). [1] [5] Birth of James Stirling Scottish D-day-parachutist/architect/knight. [1] April 23 Birth of James P Donleavy Brooklyn New York, novelist (The Ginger Man, Onion Eaters). [1] Birth of Richard Laws Master (Saint Edmunds College Cambridge). [1] Birth of Virgil I [Gus] Grissom astronaut (Liberty Bell 7, Gemini 3). [1] April 25 Birth of Paul Walter Furst composer. [1] April 26 Birth of Anton PO Ekström Swedish writer (Summer Dances). [1] Birth of David Coleman sports commentator. [1] Birth of Michael Joughin CEO (Scottish Hydro-Electric). [1] Birth of Oldrich Frantisek Korte composer. [1] Birth of Preston "Bob" Tisch NFL co-owner (New York Giants). [1] April 28 Birth of Harper Lee author (To Kill a Mockingbird). [1] April 29 Birth of Carie Meek (Representative-Democrat-Florida). [1] April 30 Birth of Cloris Leachman Des Moines Iowa, actress (Phyllis, Last Picture Show). [1] Birth of Corinne Calvet France, actress (Apache Uprising). [1] Birth of Edmund Cooper United Kingdom, sci-fi author (Seed of Light, All Fool's Day). [1] May 4 Birth of G Reinshagen writer. [1] Birth of Milton "Milt" Thompson US NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer (X-15). [1] May 5 Birth of Ann B Davis Schenectady New York, actress (Bob Cummings Show, The Brady Bunch). [1] May 6 Birth of John Hamilton-Jones CEO (Richmond Enterprises)/British Major-General. [1] Birth of Marguerite Piazza New Orleans Louisiana, operatic soprano (Young Broadway). [1] Birth of [Martin] Ross Hunter Cleveland Ohio; actor (Ever Since Paris). [1] May 7 Birth of Val Bisoglio New York City, New York; actor (Lieutenant Marsh-Police Woman, Danny-Quincy ME). [1] May 8 Birth of Don Rickles Queens New York, comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey). [1] Birth of Erico Menczer Fiume Italy, cinematographer (Chosen, Miranda). [1] Birth of Ronald Waterhouse high court judge. [1] Birth of Sir David [Frederick] Attenborough London England, environmentalist/zoologist/TV host (BBC). [1] May 9 Birth of Alistair MacFarlane principal (Heriot-Watt University England). [1] Birth of Francis Kennedy British diplomat. [1] Birth of Joshua Hassan chief minister (Gibralter). [1] Birth of Robin Cooke president (New Zealand Court of Appeal). [1] May 10 Birth of Duncan Watson president (World Blind Union). [1] May 11 Birth of Ernest Harrison CEO (Racal Electronics). [1] Birth of Frank Thring Melbourne Australia; actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur). [1] May 12 Birth of Earl Hutto Panama City Florida, (Representative-Democrat-Florida, 1979-). [1] Birth of Mervyn M Dymally (Representative-Democrat-California, 1981-). [1] May 13 Birth of Beatrice Arthur [Frankel] New York City, New York, actress (Maude, Dorothy-Golden Girls). [1] May 14 Birth of Cestmir Gregor composer. [1] Birth of Eric Morecambe London, comedian (Morecambe and Wise, Picadilly Palace). [1] May 15 Birth of Anthony Shaffer twin brother playwright (Sleuth). [1] Birth of Clermont Pepin composer. [1] Birth of Peter Shaffer twin brother playwright (5 Finger Exercise, Equus). [1] May 16 Birth of Jan Zimmer composer. [1] May 17 Birth of Cicely Berry voice director (Royal Shakespeare Company). [1] Birth of David Young Lieutenant-General/CEO (Cairn Tech). [1] Birth of Earl of Airlie KT. [1] Birth of Geoffrey Caston vice chancellor (University of South Pacific). [1] Birth of Lord Chamberlain Earl of Airilet. [1] Birth of Tenniel Evans rev/actor (10 Rillington Place, My Brother's Keeper). [1] May 19 Birth of Paul Cooper composer. [1] May 20 Birth of John Lucarotti scriptwriter. [1] Birth of Vic Ames rocker (Ames Brothers). [1] May 21 Birth of Dan Perlsweig horse trainer. [1] Birth of Joseph Horovitz composer. [1] Birth of Rick Jason New York City, New York; actor (Day of the Wolves, Eagles Attack at Dawn). [1] Birth of Robert Creeley Massachusetts, poet/novelist (The Island). [1] May 24 Birth of Len Maddocks cricket wicket-keeper (Australian mid-1950s). [1] May 25 Birth of Kitty Kallen rocker. [1] Birth of M von der Grün writer. [1] Birth of Miles D Davis Alton Illinois, jazz trumpeter (L'ascenseur pour l'échafaud). [1] May 26 Birth of Maria de Lourdes Martins composer. [1] Birth of Miles Davis Alton Illinois, jazz trumpeter/pioneered cool jazz (Porgy and Bess). [1] May 27 Birth of Gordon Leggat cricketer (open batsman for New Zealand in 9 Tests 1953-56). [1] May 29 Birth of Charles Denner Tarnow Poland; actor (And Now My Love). [1] Birth of Iannis Xenakis composer/architect/engineer. [1] May 30 Birth of Christine Jorgensen pioneer transsexual. [1] Birth of Edouard Van Remoortel Brussels, conductor (1958-62 Saint Louis Symphony). [1] Birth of James Whitman McLamore businessman. [1] May 31 Birth of Derek Birley British Vice-Chancellor (Ulster University). [1] Birth of Probir Sen cricket wicketkeeper (India in late 1940s/early 1950s). [1] Birth of Viscount Ingleby. [1] June 1 Birth of Andy Griffith Mount Airy North Carolina; actor (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock). [1] Birth of Marilyn Monroe [Norma Jean Baker], actress (Some Like It Hot). [1] June 2 Birth of Milo O'Shea actor (Barbarella, Romeo and Juliet). [1] June 3 Birth of Allen Ginsberg; beat poet (Howl) (dies 1997). [1] [5] Birth of Colleen Dewhurst Montreal Canada, actress (Maggie-Blue and Grey). [1] June 4 Birth of Nan Leslie Los Angeles California, actress (Kings Row, The Californians). [1] Birth of Robert Earl Hughes became heaviest known human (486 kg). [1] June 5 Birth of Bill Hayes Illinois; actor, (Your Show of Shows, Days of Our Lives). [1] June 6 Birth of Klaus Tennstedt Merseburg Germany, conductor (Fidelio). [1] June 7 Birth of Dick Williams Wall Lake Iowa, choral director (Andy Williams Show). [1] June 9 Birth of Mona Freeman Baltimore, actress (Black Beauty, Dear Wife, Heiress). [1] June 10 Birth of June Haver actress (Dolly Sisters, Girl Next Door). [1] June 11 Birth of Carlisle Floyd Latta South Carolina, composer (Slow Dusk). [1] June 13 Birth of Paul Lynde in Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA; comedian (Uncle Arthur - Bewitched). [1] [5] June 18 Birth of Tom Wicker columnist (New York Times). [1] June 28 Birth of Mel Brooks comedian/actor/director (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs). [1]