Celebrity Birthdays
1830 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886)
1851 – Melville Dewey, created Dewey Decimal System for libraries
1911 – Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974) (Huntley & Brinkley)
1914 – Dorothy Lamour, American actress (d. 1996) (Greatest Show on Earth)
1919 – Alexander Courage, American composer (d. 2008)
1923 – Harold Gould, American actor (d. 2010) (Martin-Rhoda)
1926 – Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones, Bluesman
1928 – Dan Blocker, American actor (d. 1972) (Hoss-Bonanza)
1933 – Mako, Japanese-born American actor (d. 2006)
1941 – Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress (Rich Man Poor Man)
1941 – Tim Considine, Actor (Mike-My 3 Sons)
1952 – Clive Anderson, English television presenter
1952 – Susan Dey, American actress (Partridge Family, LA Law)
1956 – Rod Blagojevich, 40th Governor of Illinois, Convicted Crook
1957 – Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (The Green Mile, Scorpion King)
1957 – Paul Hardcastle, English composer and musician
1959 – Wolf Hoffmann, German musician (Accept)
1960 – Kenneth Branagh, Northern Irish actor and director
1961 – Nia Peeples, American singer/actress/TV host (Fame, Party Machine)
1964 – Bobby Flay, American celebrity chef and restaurateur
1965 – Greg Giraldo, American comedian (d. 2010)
1974 – Meg White, American drummer (The White Stripes)
1975 – Steve Bradley, American wrestler (d. 2008)
1978 – Summer Phoenix, American Actress (Sister of River & Joaquin, Wife of Casey Affleck)
1985 – Matt Forte, American football player
1985 – Raven-Symoné (Pearman), American actress and singer (The Cosby Show, That’s So Raven)]]]]> ]]>
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