Born On This Day...

In 354Theologian/philosopher, St. Augustine (Bishop of Hippo)
In 1312King Edward III of England (1327-77)
In 1792English author, Edward John Trelawney
In 1833Actor, Edwin Booth (John Wilkes Booth's brother)
In 1834General Hamilton Hawkins (led charge up San Juan Hill in Cuba)
In 1850Scottish author, Robert Louis Stevenson (Treasure Island)
In 1856U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis (1916-39)
In 1893Biochemist, Edward A. Doisy (vitamin K) (Nobel-1943)
In 1894Jazz pianist/bandleader, Bennie Moten
In 1896Chinese aviator, Myron Beard (helped develop Boeing 747)
In 1906Actress, Hermione Baddeley (Maude, Good Life) [d: 8-19-86]
In 1916Actor, Jack Elam (How The West Was Won, The Dakotas) [d: 10-20-03]
In 1917Actor, Robert Sterling (George-Adventures of Topper) [d: 5-31-06]
In 1920Cartoonist, Charles Saxon (New Yorker Magazine) [d: 12-6-88]
In 1922Game show host, Jack Narz (Beat the Clock) [d: 10-15-08]
In 1922Actress, Madeleine Sherwood (Mother Superior-Flying Nun) [d: 4-23-16]
In 1922Movie director, Oskar Werner (Farenehit 451) [d: 10-23-84]
In 1924Actress, Linda Christian (Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone) [d: 7-22-11]
In 1932Actor, Richard Mulligan (Soap, Harry Weston-Empty Nest) [d: 9-26-00]
In 1933Actress, Adrienne Corri (Dr. Zhivago, A Clockwork Orange) [d: 3-13-16]
In 1933Lead singer, Clyde McPhatter (The Drifters) [d: 6-13-72]
In 1934Producer/actor, Garry Marshall (Laverne & Shirley/Murphy Brown) [d: 7-19-16]
In 1938Actress, Jean Seberg (Paint Your Wagon, Airport) [d: 9-8-79]
In 1939Author, George V. Higgins [d: 11-6-99]
In 1940Figure skater/sports reporter, Joan Haanappel (78)
In 1940Singer, Baby Washington (That's How Heartaches Are Made) (78)
In 1941Actress, Beth Brickell (Ellen-Gentle Ben) (77)
In 1941Actor, Dack Rambo (Jack Ewing-Dallas, Another World) [d: 3-21-94]
In 1941Baseball player, Mel Stottlemyre (Yankees) (77)
In 1942Blues singer, John Paul Hammond (So Many Roads) (76)
In 1944Singer/keyboardist, Timmy Thomas (Why Can't We Live Together) (74)
In 1947Actor, Joe Mantegna (Godfather III, Criminal Minds) (71)
In 1948Actress, Sheila Frazier (Gloria-Lazarus Syndrome) (70)
In 1949Guitarist, Roger Steen (The Tubes) (69)
In 1951U.S. hockey player, Beth Anders (Olympic-Bronze-1984) (67)
In 1951Drummer, Bill Gibson (Huey Lewis & the News) (67)
In 1953Actress, Tracy Scoggins (Cat-Lois & Clark, Babylon 5) (65)
In 1954Actor, Chris Noth (Detective Mike Logan-Law & Order) (64)
In 1955Actress, Whoopi Goldberg (Color Purple, Ghost, Sister Act) (63)
In 1956Singer/guitarist, Aldo Nova (Fantasy) (62)
In 1960Actor, Neil Flynn (Scrubs, The Middle) (58)
In 1960Bassist, Wayne Parker (Glass Tiger) (58)
In 1963Football player, Vinny Testaverde (Bucs, Browns, Ravens, Jets) (55)
In 1964Trumpeter/singer, Walter Kibby (Fishbone) (54)
In 1967Comedian/TV host, Jimmy Kimmel (Man Show, Jimmy Kimmel Show) (51)
In 1967Actor, Steve Zahn (That Thing You Do, You've Got Mail) (51)
In 1968Baseball player, Pat Hentgen (Blue Jays, Cardinals, Orioles) (50)
In 1969Actor, Gerard Butler (300, Olympus Has Fallen) (49)
In 1969Actress, Melissa Hayden (Bridget-Guiding Light) (49)
In 1970Actress, Cathy Jeneen Doe (Simone Russell-Passions) (48)
In 1971Actor, Noah Hathaway (Boxey-Battlestar Galactica, Quest, Troll) (47)
In 1978Bassist, Nikolai Fraiture (The Strokes) (40)
In 1980Actress, Monique Coleman (High School Musical) (38)
In 1982Actor, Michael Copon (One Tree Hill, Beyond the Break) (36)
In 1985Football player, Michael Bennett (Seahawks) (33)
In 1991Actor, Matt Bennett (Victorious, Bridesmaids) (27)
In 1991Actor, Devon Bostick (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) (27)
In 1993Singer, Julia Michaels (Borgeous) (25)
In 1995Actress, Stella Hudgens (The Memory Thief, Deeply Irresponsible) (23)
In 1998Singer, Charlie Storwick ("Turn it Up Up Up," "Good as Gone") (20)
In 2002Actress, Nikki Hahn (Jimmy Kimmel Live) (16)

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