Today's Birthdays:
1903 Irene Ryan, El Paso Texas, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies)
1903 Jerry Colona, Boston Mass, comedian (Jerry Colona Show)
1903 Nathanael West, American novelist (Day of the Locusts)
1905 Franco Albini, Italian architect
1905 Jean Arthur, NYC, actress (Shane, Mr Smith Goes to Washington)
1909 Crozy [William] Cole, US jazz drummer
1912 John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope (1978)
1914 Albert Markos, composer
1914 Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman)
1914 John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur
1915 Arthur Miller, NYC, playwright (Death of a Salesman, Crucible)
1916 Robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY)
1916 Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz, composer
1917 Marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw)
1917 Martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war)
1919 John Moroney, cricketer (Australian opener 1949-51)
1919 Rita Hayworth, NY, [Marguerita C Casino], actress (Gilda, Pal Joey)
1920 Montgomery Clift, Omaha NE, actor (From Here to Eternity)
1920 Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czech actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels)
1921 George Mackey Brown, poet
1921 Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952)
1921 Pricilla Lanford Buckly, editor/columnist (National Review)
1921 Tom Poston, Columbus Ohio, actor (Steve Allen Show, Newhart)
1922 Louis Benjamin, showman
1926 Beverly Garland, Santa Cruz Calif, actress (My 3 Sons)
1926 Julie Adams, Waterloo Iowa, actress (Yancy Derringer, Code Red)
1926 Karl Gordon Henize, Cincinnati Ohio, astronaut (STS 51-F)
1928 Ivan Marinov, composer
1928 James "Junior" Gilliam, Dodgers (NL rookie of year 1953)
1928 Zacharias J de Beer, S African physician/MP (DP)
1929 Ram Da-Oz, composer
1930 Angelo Paccignini, composer
1930 Jimmy Breslin, Queens NYC, columnist (NY Post, News, Newsday)
1932 Gundaris Pone, composer
1932 Paul Anderson, US, light super heavyweight lifter (Olympic-gold-1956)
1932 William J Hughes, (Rep-D-New Jersey, 1975- )
1933 William A Anders, Hong Kong, Maj Gen, USAF/astronaut (Apollo
1934 Barend P Tammeling, Dutch journalist (Trouw, Groninger Gezinsbode)
1935 Alan Brown, cricketer (Engld opening attack Brown & White vs Pak 1961)
1936 David Hobson, (Rep-R-Ohio)
1938 Robert "Evel" Knievel, motorcycle daredevil (Snake River Canyon)
1941 Alan Howard, rock bassist (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
1941 Earl Thomas Conley, Portsmouth Oh, country singer (Too Many Times)
1941 James Seals, Sidney Tx, singer (Seals & Crofts-Summer Breeze)
1942 Gary Puckett, vocalist (& Union Gap-Woman Woman, Young Girl)
1943 Susan Davenny Wyner, New Haven Ct, soprano (Walter Naumberg Prize)
1944 Carol Cole, West Medford Mass, actress (Ellie-Grady)
1945 Dave Cutler, CFL place kicker (Edmonton Eskimos)
1946 Bob Seagren, Pomona Calif, actor (Soap)/pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-68)
1946 James Ray Tucker, LA Calif, rock guitarist (Turtles-Eleanor)
1946 Vicki Hodge, London England, actress (Confessions of a Sex Maniac)
1947 Charles A Ingene, macromarketing researcher
1947 Gene Green, (Rep-D-Texas)
1947 Lesley Sunderland, decorative artist
1947 Michael McKean, NYC, actor (Laverne & Shirley, SNL, Spinal Tap)
1948 George Wendt, Chicago Ill, actor (Norm-Cheers)
1948 Margot Kidder, Yellowknife, actress (Lois Lane, Amityville Horror)
1949 Bill Hudson, Portland Ore, comedian (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show)
1949 Maurice Willis Wright, composer
1949 Timothy Bottoms, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Adam-East of Eden)
1950 Howard E Rollins Jr, Balt Md, actor (Bannister-Wildside,Another World)
1950 Michael Lynn Synar, (Rep-D-Oklahoma, 1979- )
1950 Sandra Reemer, Dutch singer (As Love Goes)
1955 Sam Bottoms, Santa Barbara CA, actor (Prime Risk, Savages)
1956 Mae C Jemison, Decatur Alabama, MD/astronaut (STS 47)
1956 Robin LO Linschoten, Dutch ass. secretary of Social Affairs (VVD)
1957 Vincent Van Patten, Belrose NY, actor (Apple's Way, 3 for the Road)
1958 Alan Jackson, Newnan Ga, country singer (Here in the Real World)
1958 Blaine McCallister, Ft Stockton TX, PGA golfer (1989 Honda Classic)
1958 France St Louis, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
1958 Gig Gangel Harlingen TX, playmate (Jan, 1980)
1959 Dolph Lundgren, actor (Rocky 4, Masters of Universe) [or Nov 3]
1960 Angéla Kramers, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
1960 James Patrick Delsing, St Louis MO, PGA golfer (1993 New England-2nd)
1960 Mandy Yachad, cricketer (South African ODI opening batsman 1991)
1962 John Dorge, Australian basketball center (Olympics-96)
1963 Vijay Mehra, cricketer (United Arab Emirates batsman 1996 World Cup)
1965 Connie Ann Hearn, Anchorage Alaska, actress (New Kind of Family)
1965 Pinnaduwage Aravinda De Silva, cricket (Sri Lanka's greatest batsman)
1966 Danny Ferry, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1967 Adrianne Werdel Witmeyer, LA Calif, tennis star (1990 Futures-Chiba)
1967 Allen West, US metal guitarist (Obituary, Cause of Death)
1967 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer, LA Calif, tennis star
1967 Mark Johnson, Worcester MA, infielder (Pitts Pirates)
1967 Nathalie Tauziat, Bangui Cent Afr Rep, tennis star (1993 Quebec City)
1967 Reggie Clark, NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1968 Heather McDermid, Calgary Alberta, rower (Olympics-96)
1968 Ziggy Marley, reggae performer
1969 Alfred Pupunu, NFL tight end (SD Chargers)
1969 Joe Courtney, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1969 Theodore Ernest Els, Johannesburg S Afr, PGA golfer (1994 US Open)
1970 Anil Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg-spinner since 1990)
1970 Jean-Paul de Young, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1970 John Mabry, Wilmington DE, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1970 Marciano Vink, soccer player (Genoa/PSV)
1970 Shauna O'Brien, Pasco Wash, actress (Showgirls)
1970 Tasha Tsang, Saskatoon Saskatchwan, rower (Olympics-96)
1971 Byron Chamberlain, NFL/WLAF tight end Denver Broncos, Rhein Fire)
1971 Ernest Dixon, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
1971 Henry McMillian, NFL defensive tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 Vicki Goetze, Michicot WI, LPGA golfer (1995 British Open-12th)
1973 Keith McKenzie, NFL defensive end (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1973 Lorie Bennett West, Miss Kentucky USA (1996)