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19 Aug 1521
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Lodovico Guicciardini: Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti)
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19 Aug 1558
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Paulus Merula: Dutch lawyer / historian
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19 Aug 1596
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Elisabeth Stuart: English Daughter of James I
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19 Aug 1631
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John Dryden 1st poet laureate of England (Absalom & Achitophel)
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19 Aug 1646
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John Flamsteed 1st astronomer royal of England
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19 Aug 1686
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Antonio Tonelli: Composer
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19 Aug 1689
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Samuel Richardson English novelist (Pamela) (baptized)
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19 Aug 1737
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Johann Georg Christoph Schetky: Composer
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19 Aug 1743
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Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry: Last mistress of Louis XV
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19 Aug 1756
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Anthony FRE Haersolte: Member of Executing Regime
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19 Aug 1785
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Seth Thomas pioneer in mass production of clocks
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19 Aug 1813
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William Henry Fry: Composer
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19 Aug 1815
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John Porter McCown: Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1879
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19 Aug 1816
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Julius PJA van Zuylen van Nyevelt: Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs
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19 Aug 1824
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Georg Goltermann: Composer
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19 Aug 1831
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Stephen Gano Burbridge: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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19 Aug 1839
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Oskar Brefeld: German Botanist
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19 Aug 1844
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Minna Canth Finland, novelist/dramatist (social evils)
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19 Aug 1848
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Gustave Caillebotte: French shipbuilding design / painter (Rue de Paris)
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19 Aug 1851
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Frans Schollaert: Belgian Premier (1908-11)
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19 Aug 1858
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Edith Nesbit: England, United Kingdom -- Children books author (Railway Children)
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19 Aug 1859
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Hippolyte Delehaye: Flemish historian / hagiographer
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19 Aug 1859
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Charles Comiskey 1st basemen/manager (Chicago White Sox)
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19 Aug 1860
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John Kane Scottish-born US primitivist painter (Self-Portrait)
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19 Aug 1870
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Bernard Baruch: Financier / presidential adviser (Cold War)
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19 Aug 1871
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Orville Wright aviator
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19 Aug 1873
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Fred Stone: Longmont, Colorado -- Acrobat / Broadway actor (Alice Adams)
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19 Aug 1878
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Manuel Quezon 1st president of Philippine Commonwealth (1935-42)
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19 Aug 1881
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Georges Enesco (or Enescu) Romania, composer (Romanian Dances)
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19 Aug 1885
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Elsie Ferguson: New York, United States -- Actress (Lie, Footlights, Scarlet Pages)
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19 Aug 1885
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Werner Elert: German luthers theologist
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19 Aug 1886
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Robert Heger: Composer
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19 Aug 1889
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Arthur Waley sinologist, translator from Chinese & Japanese
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19 Aug 1890
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Yves Alix: French painter / graphic artist
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19 Aug 1893
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Alfred Lunt: Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Broadway actor (Emmy 1965)
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19 Aug 1895
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Andrzejewski: Writer
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19 Aug 1895
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Arnoldt Bronnen: Writer
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19 Aug 1896
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Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala: Composer
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19 Aug 1896
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Walter Lang: Composer
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19 Aug 1899
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Kenneth MacKenna: Canterbury, New Hampshire -- Actor / director (Those We Love)
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19 Aug 1899
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Olga Baclanova: Moscow, Russia -- Actress (Freaks, Docks of NY)
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19 Aug 1900
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Colleen Moore: Port Huron, Michigan -- Actress (Scarlet Letter)
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19 Aug 1902
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Ogden Nash Rye NY, humorous poet (I'm a Stranger Here Myself)
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19 Aug 1903
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James Gould Cozzens: United States -- Novelist (1949 Pulitzer-Guard of Honor)
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19 Aug 1903
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Muriel Kirkland: Yonkers, New York -- Actress (Fast Workers, Hold Your Man)
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19 Aug 1903
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Claude Dauphin Corbell France, actor (April in Paris, Deported)
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19 Aug 1904
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Ted Nightingale: Former colonial Governor
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19 Aug 1905
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Fitzhugh Lee: US pilot / Vice-Admiral (WWII, Navy Cross)
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19 Aug 1905
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Jacques de Menasce: Composer
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19 Aug 1906
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Philo T Farnsworth Beaver Utah, inventor (electronic TV)
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19 Aug 1907
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Zygmunt Mycielsky: Composer
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19 Aug 1907
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June Collyer NYC, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show)
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19 Aug 1907
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Thurston Morton (Sen-Ky, 1957-1969)
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19 Aug 1909
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Jerzy Andrzejewski: Warsaw, Poland -- Writer (Ashes & Diamonds)
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19 Aug 1910
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Quentin Bell: Artist author / teacher
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19 Aug 1913
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Walter B Jones: (Rep-D-North Carolina, 1966-92)
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19 Aug 1914
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Fumio Hayasaka: Composer
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19 Aug 1915
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Lardner Ring, Jr.: Chicago, Illinois -- Screenwriter (Woman of the Year)
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19 Aug 1915
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Ring Lardner Jr Chicago, screenwriter (Woman of the Year)
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19 Aug 1916
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Marie Wilson: Anaheim, California -- Actress (My Friend Irma)
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19 Aug 1918
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James George "Jimmy" Rowles: Jazz pianist
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19 Aug 1919
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Malcolm Forbes publisher (Forbes Magazine)
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19 Aug 1920
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Lucila Engels-Boskaljon: Curacao painter
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19 Aug 1920
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Paul Kont: Composer
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19 Aug 1921
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Gene Roddenberry: El Paso, Texas -- Executive producer (Star Trek)
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19 Aug 1921
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Philip A Potter: Dominica -- Secretary General World council of Churches
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19 Aug 1922
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Douglas MacKenzie Davey: Psychometrist
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19 Aug 1924
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William Marshall: Gary, Indiana -- Actor (Blacula, Something of Value)
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19 Aug 1927
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James T Broyhill: (Sen-R-North Carolina, 1986)
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19 Aug 1930
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D[avid] G[uy] Compton: United Kingdom -- Sci-fi author (Synthajoy, Radio Plays)
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19 Aug 1931
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Willie Shoemaker jockey (In 1956 he won $2 million)
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19 Aug 1932
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John James Fenwick: English warehouse owner / multi-millionaire
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19 Aug 1933
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Debra Paget [Griffin]: Denver, Colorado -- Actress (Love Me Tender)
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19 Aug 1933
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Vladimir Borisovich Alekseyev: Russia -- Cosmonaut
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19 Aug 1934
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David F Durenberger: Minnesota, United States -- (Sen-R-MN, 1978- )
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19 Aug 1934
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William Cleary: Cambridge, Massachusetts -- Hockey center (1956, 60 Olympics - Gold / Silver Medals)
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19 Aug 1934
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Bill Cleary US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
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19 Aug 1934
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Dr Renee Richards trans-sexual tennis player
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19 Aug 1935
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Bobby Richardson: South Carolina, United States -- 2nd baseman (New York Yankees)
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19 Aug 1935
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F Story Musgrave: Boston, Massachusetts -- Doctor / Astronaut (STS 6, 51-F, 33, 44, 61, 80)
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19 Aug 1936
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Al Oerter: Astoria, New York -- Discus thrower (1956, 60, 64, 68 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
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19 Aug 1938
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Diana Muldaur: NYC, New York -- Actress (McCloud, Star Trek Next Gen, LA Law)
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19 Aug 1938
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Valentin Mankin: USSR -- Finn class yachtsman (1968 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
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19 Aug 1939
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Ginger [Peter] Baker: England, United Kingdom -- Drummer (Cream-White Room)
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19 Aug 1940
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Jan Claire: Actor (American Anthem)
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19 Aug 1940
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Jill St John [Oppenheim], LA Calif, actress (Diamonds are Forever)
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19 Aug 1940
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Johnny Nash Houston, Tx, rocker (I Can See Clearly Now)
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19 Aug 1942
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Fred Thompson: Senator (R-Tenn) / actor (In the Line of Fire)
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19 Aug 1942
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Michiel Patijn: Dutch Assistant Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs (1994- )
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19 Aug 1943
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Billy J Kramer: Liverpool, England -- Rock vocalist (The Dakotas-Bad to Me)
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19 Aug 1944
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Eddy Raven: Lafayette, Louisiana -- Country singer (Right Hand Man)
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19 Aug 1944
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Samuel J de Beer: South African vicar / underminister of Education
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19 Aug 1945
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Lan Gillan: Rocker
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19 Aug 1945
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Ian Gillian heavy metal rocker (Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor)
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19 Aug 1946
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Charles F Bolden, Jr.: Columbia, South Carolina -- Astronaut (STS 61C, 31, 45, 60)
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19 Aug 1946
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Dawn Steel: Film maker
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19 Aug 1946
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Bill Clinton 42nd US President. (Former Little Rock Attorney)
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19 Aug 1947
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Gerald McRaney Collins Miss, actor (Simon & Simon, Major Dad)
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19 Aug 1948
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Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson. In 1970 became "Tipper" Gore. Wife of Al Gore US Vice President.
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19 Aug 1951
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John Deacon: British pop guitarist (Queen-Somebody to Love)
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19 Aug 1951
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Randi Oakes Randalia Iowa, actress (Officer Bonnie Clark-CHiPs)
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19 Aug 1952
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Jonathan Frakes actor (Actor: Commander Will Riker in "Star Trek Next Generation", Director: "Star Trek: First Contact")
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19 Aug 1953
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Johan F de Leeuw: Dutch MP (CDA)
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19 Aug 1955
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Peter Gallagher: Armonk, New York -- Actor (Player, Summer Lovers, Dreamchild)
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19 Aug 1956
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Cindy Nelson: United States -- Skier (1976 Olympics - Bronze Medalist)
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19 Aug 1956
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Adam Arkin Bkln, actor (Lenny-Busting Loose, Pearl, Tough Cookies)
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19 Aug 1957
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Darby Hinton: Santa Monica, California -- Actor (Israel-Daniel Boone)
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19 Aug 1958
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Gary Gaetti: Centralia, Illinois -- Infielder (St. Louis Cardinals)
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19 Aug 1959
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Ricky Pierce: NBA guard / forward (Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks)
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19 Aug 1959
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Steve Grimmett heavy metal rocker
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19 Aug 1960
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Bobby Hebert: NFL quarterback (Atlanta Falcons)
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19 Aug 1960
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Morten Andersen: NFL kicker (Atlanta Falcons)
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19 Aug 1960
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Ron Darling: Hawaii, United States -- Baseball pitcher (NY Mets)
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19 Aug 1961
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Danuta Bartoszek: Pyrzyce, Poland -- Canadian marathoner (1996 Olympics)
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19 Aug 1962
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Kim Shipman: Athens, Pennsylvania -- LPGA golfer (1995 LPGA Corning Classic-25th)
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19 Aug 1962
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Michael J Massimino: Oceanside, New York -- PhD / Astronaut
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19 Aug 1962
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Valerie Kaprisky Paris France, actress (Breathless, Public Woman)
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19 Aug 1963
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Joey Tempest rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown)
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19 Aug 1963
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John Stamos Cypress Calif, actor (General Hospital, Full House)
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19 Aug 1965
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James Tomkins: Australian rower (1996 Olympics)
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19 Aug 1965
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Kevin Dillon actor (Heaven Help Us, Remote Control, Platoon)
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19 Aug 1967
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Jason Starkey: Son of Beatle Ringo
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19 Aug 1967
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Randy Baldwin: NFL running back (Carolina Panthers)
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19 Aug 1967
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Jason Starsky son of Beatle Ringo
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19 Aug 1969
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Scott Ford: Norbrooke, Germany -- Golfer (1994 Trafalgar CPGA-2nd)
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19 Aug 1969
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Christian Slater actor (Legend of Billie Jean)
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19 Aug 1970
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Matthew Perry actor (Sydney)
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19 Aug 1971
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Tricia Ann Luedtke: Oostburg, Wisconsin -- Miss Wisc-America-1991
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19 Aug 1972
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Colleen Thornburn: Toronto, Ontario -- Softball catcher (1996 Olympics)
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19 Aug 1972
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Elizabeth Wolfgramm: Rocker (Jets)
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19 Aug 1972
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Pierre Allard: Hockey forward (Team France 1998)
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19 Aug 2335
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William T Riker: Valdez, Alaska -- Character on Star Trek Next Generation
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