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Birthdays 1 - 59 of 59

1st - Richard F Pieternella, Dutch Antilles' minister plenipotentiary
2nd - Lord Davies, chairman (Welsh National Opera)
2nd - Gheorghe Gruia, Romanian handball player
3rd - Alan O'Day, Hollywood Ca, rocker
3rd - Jean Ratelle, NHL center (NY Rangers, Boston Bruins)
3rd - Mike Troy, US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1960)
4th - Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer
4th - Alberto Vilar, Cuban-American investor and philanthropist
5th - Bob Cowper, cricketer (Aust LHB, 307 v England MCG 1966 Very rich
6th - Boris Dmitriyevich Andreyev, Russia, cosmonaut
6th - Ellen Travolta, Englewood NJ, actress (Grease, Charles in Charge)
6th - Wyche Fowler Jr, (Rep-D-GA, 1977-87)
7th - Bruce F Vento, (Rep-D-Minnesota, 1977- )
7th - Dino Valenti, rock guitarist/vocalist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
7th - Richard H Stallings, (Rep-D-ID, 1985- )
8th - Fred Cash, Chattanooga Tn, rocker (Impressions)
9th - Gordon J Humphrey, (Sen-R-NH, 1979- )
9th - Hans Ulrich Humpert, composer
9th - Joe Pepitone, baseball 1st baseman (NY Yankee)
Rocker/Beatle John Lennon (9th) 9th - John Lennon[Winston/Ono], Liverpool, rocker/Beatle (Imagine), (d. 1980)
13th - Chris Farlowe, rocker
13th - Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist
14th - Christopher Timothy, English actor (All Creatures Great & Small)
14th - Cliff Richard, [Harry Webb], Lucknow India, rock voclist (Suddenly)
14th - Jesse Carlyle Snead, Hot Springs VA, PGA golfer (1972 Phila Classic)
14th - Pat Finley, Asheville NC, actress (Ellen Hartley-Bob Newhart Show)
15th - Peter Doherty, Australian immunologist, Nobel laureate
16th - Barry Corbin, actor (Maurice-Northern Exposure)
16th - Dave DeBusschere, Detroit, NBA foward (NY Knick)/last ABA commissioner
17th - Peter Stringfellow, British nightclub owner
17th - Jim Smith, English footballer and manager
19th - Jerzy Kulej, Poland, light welterweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1964, 68), (d. 2012)
19th - Michael Gambon, English actor (Singing Detective, Paris at Night)
20th - Kathy Kirby, British singer
20th - Robert Pinsky, American poet and Poet Laureate of the United States
21st - Don Ritter, (Rep-R-PA, 1979- )
21st - Frances FitzGerald, NYC, journalist/author (Fire in the Lake)
21st - Geoffrey Boycott, cricketer (stoic England opener 1964-82)
21st - Julie Parrish, Middlesboro Ky, actress (Good Morning World, Capitol)
21st - Manfred Mann, [Michael Lubowitz], South Africa, rocker (Mighty Quinn)
21st - Osamu Watanabe, Japan, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964)
23rd - Freddie Marsden, Liverpool, rock drummer (Gerry & The Pacemakers)
Brazilian Football Legend Pele (23rd) 23rd - Pelé [Edson Arantes do Nascimento], Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Brazilian footballer (Player of the Century - 1281 goals in 1363 games)
24th - David Sainsbury, English billionaire/founder (Dutch Soc-Dem)
24th - F Murray Abraham, Pittsburgh PA, actor (Amadeus, Mad Man)
25th - Bobby Knight, college basketball coach (Indiana, Olympic-gold-1984)
26th - Mario Orosco, 1st victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives)
27th - Anthea Joseph, music producer
27th - Lee Greenwood, country singer (God Bless the USA)
27th - Maxine Hong Kingston, US, author
27th - John Gotti, Bronx NY, mafia head of the Gambino family
28th - Gennadi Mikhailovich Strekalov, cosmo (Soyuz T-3, T-8, T-11, TM-21)
28th - Susan Harris, American television writer and producer
29th - Connie Mack, (Rep-R-FL, 1983- /Sen-R-FL)
29th - Galen Weston, English/Canadian industrial/multi-millionaire
29th - Frida Boccara, French singer (d. 1996)
29th - José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Catholic bishop
30th - Ed Lauter, Long Beach NY, actor (Sheriff Cain-BJ & the Bear)
30th - Miguel Calderon-Gomez, Havana, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1972)

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