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Birthdays 1 - 66 of 66

1st - Heinrich Messner, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1st - Katie Webster, [Swamp-Boogie Queen]/US R&B pianist/singer
1st - Lily Tomlin, Detroit, comedienne/actress (9 to 5, Laugh-in, All of Me)
2nd - Bobby Purify, rocker
2nd - Robert Lee Dickey, US singer (I'm your puppet)
2nd - Sam Gooden, Chattanooga Tenn, rock vocalist (Impressions-Gypsy Woman)
5th - George Lazenby, Goulburn Australia, actor (OHMSS-James Bond)
5th - John Stewart, San Diego Ca, rocker (Kingston Trio-Fire in the Wind)
5th - Clay Regazzoni, Swiss racing driver (d. 2006)
6th - David Allan Coe, country musician (Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy)
6th - Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
6th - Dan Cragg, American soldier and author
7th - Stanley David Griggs, Portland Oregon, astronaut (STS 51-D), STS 33)
7th - [Benjamin] Latimore, US singer (Let's Straighten It Out)
8th - Carsten Keller, German field hockey player
8th - Guitar Shorty, American musician
9th - Howard P McKeon, (Rep-R-California)
9th - Carlos Ortiz, Puerto Rican boxer
10th - Artie Tripp, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
10th - Greg Mullavey, Buffalo NY, actor (Tom-Mary Hartman, Rituals)
10th - Topham Brinton, English carpet magnate/multi-millionaire
11th - Lola Falana, Camden NJ, singer (Liberation of LB Jones)
11th - Charles Geschke, American inventor and businessman
12th - Henry A Waxman, (Rep-D-California, 1975-86)
12th - Phillip Ramey, composer
13th - Larry Speakes, presidential press secretary
13th - Richard Kiel, Detroit Mich, actor (So Fine, Jaws-Moonraker, Skidoo)
14th - DeWitt T Weaver Jr, Danville KY, PGA golfer (1972 Southern Open)
14th - Piet R Stoffelen, Dutch ambassador/MP (PvdA)
15th - Breyten Breytenbach, South African poet/painter
17th - David H Souter, Weir NH, 107th Supreme Court Justice (1990- )
17th - Joseph Mosikili, South African actor/singer
17th - Lamonte McLemore, St Louis Mo, rock vocalist (5th Dimension)
17th - Shelby Flint, American singer
18th - Bob Whittaker, (Rep-R-KS, 1979- )
18th - Fred Willard, Ohio, comedian (Fernwood 2 Night, Real People)
18th - Naresh Kumar Sohal, composer
18th - Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal
20th - Robert L. Gerry III, American businessman
22nd - Junko Tabei, Japan, 1st woman to climb Mount Everest
22nd - Mike Sullivan, (Gov-Wyoming)
22nd - Timothy E Wirth, (Rep-D-CO, 1975- )
22nd - Gilbert E. Patterson, American minister and presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ (d. 2007)
23rd - Roy Buchanan, Ozark Ark, rocker
23rd - Henry Blofeld, English cricket commentator
23rd - Roy Buchanan, American guitarist (d. 1988)
23rd - Janusz Gajos, Polish actor
25th - David Mann, (Rep-D-Ohio)
25th - Joseph "Jesse" Russell, US singer (Slip Sliding Away)
25th - Leon Britain, vice president (Commission of European Communities)
25th - Feroz Khan, Indian actor
26th - Judith P Appelbaum, magazine & newspaper editor, educator
26th - Ricky Tomlinson, English actor
27th - Jim Ross Lightfoot, (Rep-R-Iowa, 1985- )
27th - Kathy Whitworth, Monahans Tx, golfer (7 time LPGA Player of Year)
27th - Nicholas Haslam, interior designer
27th - Carol Lynn Pearson, American poet and writer
28th - Stuart Kauffman, American biologist
28th - Rudolph Walker, Trinidadian-born British actor
29th - Eberhard Koellner, German DR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 31 backup)
29th - Larry Linville, Ojai California, actor (Frank Burns-M*A*S*H, Blue Movie)
29th - Tommy Boyce, songwriter (Boyce & Hart)
29th - Molly Haskell, American film critic
29th - Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (d. 2001)
30th - Len Cariou, Winnipeg Manitoba, actor (Four Seasons-Sherry)
30th - Piet M Blauw, Dutch MP (VVD)

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