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1923 – Florence Halop, Queens, actress (Florence-Night Court, St Elsewhere) 1923 – Horace Ashenfelter, US, 3000m steeplechase (Olympic-gold-1952) 1923 – Walter M[ichael] Miller Jr, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, View from Stars) 1924 – Frank R Lautenberg, (Sen-D-NJ, 1983- ) 1925 – Marty Paich, Oakland Calif, orch leader (Sonny & Cher, Glenn Campbell) 1927 – Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer (d. 1994) 1928 – Eugene Monti, Italy, bobsledder (Olympic-2 golds-1968) 1928 – Jeanne Moreau, Paris France, actress (Going Places, Jules & Jim) 1928 – Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, Dutch speed skater (Olympic-silver-1952) 1928 – Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2005) 1929 – Ian Thomson, cricketer (England seam bowler v South Africa 1964-65) 1929 – John Polanyi, Berlin, Canadian chemist (Nobel 1986) 1929 – Patriarch Filaret (Mykhailo Denysenko) of Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate 1930 – Derek Walcott, St Lucia, poet/writer (Omeros, Nobel 1992) 1930 – Ken Errair, rocker (Four Freshmen) 1930 – William Reid Pogue, Okemah Okla, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Skylab 4) 1932 – Bud Shuster, (Rep-R-PA, 1973- ) 1933 – Arlene Golonka, Chicago Ill, actress (Millie-Mayberry RFD) 1933 – Chita Rivera, Wash DC, actress (West Side Story, Sweet Charity) 1933 – Joel Spiegelman, composer 1934 – Lou Antonio, Okla City, actor (Barney-Snoop Sisters, Makin’ It) 1934 – Pierre Bourgault, Quebec politician and essayist (d. 2003) 1936 – Jerry Kramer, Green Bay Packer, author (Instant Replay) 1938 – Anatoly Marchenko, Siberia, Soviet dissident 1938 – Shohei Baba, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999) 1939 – Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor and martial artist 1939 – Arlene Golonka, American actress 1940 – Johnny Russell, country singer 1942 – Ivan Ivanovich Bachurin, cosmonaut 1942 – Laurie Mayne, cricketer (Australian pace bowler in 6 Tests 1965-70) 1942 – Willy Bogner Jr, Munich, director (On Her Majesty’s Secret Service) 1942 – Razzak, Bangladeshi actor and director 1943 – Gil Gerard, Little Rock Ark, actor (Buck Rogers in 25th Century) 1943 – William E “Bill” Gibb, Scottish fashion designer 1943 – Gary Burton, American jazz vibraphonist 1944 – Jerry Lawson, US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk) 1944 – Marty Russo, (Rep-D-IL, 1975- ) 1944 – Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor (Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Osterman Weekend) 1944 – Sergey Belov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972) 1945 – Mike Harris, Canadian politician, Premier of Ontario 1946 – Asif Masood, cricketer (Pakistani quick with long & erratic run-up) 1946 – Don Whittington, American businessman, car & airplane racer and convicted felon 1947 – Thomas R Carper, (Rep-D-DE, 1983- ) 1947 – Megawati Sukarnoputri, 5th President of Indonesia 1948 – Anita Pointer, Oakland, rock vocalist (Pointer Sisters-She’s So Shy) 1949 – Robert Cabana, Minneapolis, Mjr USMC/astronaut (STS 41, 53, 68, sk:88) 1950 – Bill Cunningham, rock keyboardist/bassist (Box Tops) 1950 – Danny Federici, rocker (E Street Band)