Thursday, September 02, 2010
1931 - Alan K. Simpson (minority whip, Sen-R-WY, 1979-)
1850 - Albert Spaulding (baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company)
1949 - Albert West[laken] (Dutch singer, Dumb Willie)
1918 - Allen Drury (author, Advise and Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize)
1930 - Andrey Pavlovich Petrov (composer)
1936 - Andy Grove (Hungarian Businessman)
1980 - Ashley Witmer (Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 1997)
1908 - Barbara Jo Allen (New York City, actress, Ice Capades Revue, Rosie the Riveter)
1905 - Bernard C J Lievegoed (Dutch anthroposophist?, founder Free College)
1940 - Beverly Sanders (born in Hollywood, California, actress, Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey)
1913 - Bill Shankly (Scottish Athlete)
1939 - Bobby Purify (rocker)
1914 - Booker T Laury (blues pianist/vocalist)
1910 - Bruce Boyce (singer/teacher)
1763 - Caroline von Schelling ([Michaelis], German author)
1948 - Christa McAuliffe (American Astronaut)
1944 - Claude Nicollier (Vevey Switzerland, astronaut, STS 61-K, 46, 61, 75)
1917 - Cleveland Amory (Nahant Massachusetts, conservationist/TV reviewer, TV Guide)
1915 - Dai-Keong Lee (composer)
1936 - David Leonard Blake (composer)
1869 - Delfien Vanhaute ([Eckart], Flem pastor/poet, Parsifal, Ark of Noe)
1916 - Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney (winner of more than 141 U.S. tennis titles)
1965 - Doug Linton (born in Santa Ana California, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals)
1952 - Earl Pomeroy (Rep-D-North Dakota)
1911 - Eileen Way (actress, Les Miserables, Rainbow, Vikings, Assassin)
1960 - Eric Dickerson (Texas, NFL halfback, Los Angeles Rams, Colts/2,105 yds in 1984)
1814 - Ernst Curtius (German archaeologist/historian)
1959 - Esther Oosterbeek (Dutch singer, Dolly Dots)
1850 - Eugene Field (author/journalist, Little Boy Blue)
1892 - Felix Wolfes (composer)
1927 - Francis Matthews (British actor, On the Bowery, Paul Temple)
1884 - Frank Laubach (Benton, Pennsylvania, educator, taught reading through phonetics)
1877 - Frederick Soddy (English Scientist)
1847 - George Robert Sims (English Journalist)
1953 - Gerhard P J Thiele (Brenz, Germany, astronaut)
1919 - Gideon William Waldrop (composer)
1943 - Glenn Sather (NHL coach, Edmonton Oiler)
1938 - Glyn Worsnip (broadcaster)
1915 - Hans Joachim Koellreutter (composer)
1839 - Henry George (land reformer/writer, Progress and Poverty)
1866 - Hiram Johnson (Gov-Progressive-Cal)
1837 - James Harrison Wilson (Major General Union volunteers, died in 1925)
1972 - James Willis (NFL linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles)
1974 - Jason Lawson (NBA center, Orlando Magic)
1961 - Jeff Russell (Cincinnatti, Ohio, pitcher for the Texas Rangers)
1951 - Jim DeMint (American Politician)
1935 - Jim Moody (Rep-D-WI, 1983-)
1940 - Jimmy Clanton (Baton Rogue, Louisiana, rock vocalist, Just a Dream)
1952 - Jimmy Connors (U.S. Open-78, 82, 83 Wimbledon-74, 82)
1936 - Joan Kennedy (1st wife of Mass Senator, Ted)
1943 - Joe Simon (U.S. singer, Power of Love)
1912 - Johan Daisne ([Herman Thiery], Belgian writer, magic realism)
1731 - Johann F von Cronegk (German playwright, Olint und Sophronia)
1716 - Johann Trier (composer)
1953 - John Zorn (American Composer)
1894 - Joseph Roth (Austria, journalist and writer, Hotel Savoy)
1974 - Karina Wieland (Australian rower 1996 Olympics)
1972 - Katarina Studenikova (Bratislava Slovak Rep, tennis star)
1981 - Katie Teft (born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, gymnast 1996 Olympics)
1964 - Keanu Reeves (Beirut, actor, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed)
1917 - Laurindo Almeida (Brazilian guitarist, developed bossa nova)
1918 - Laurindo Almeida (composer/guitarist)
1965 - Lennox Lewis (WBC boxing champ)
1927 - Leonard Katzman (TV producer)
1778 - Leopold FJJJ van Sassen Ysselt (Dutch politician)
1838 - Liliuokalani ([Lydia Paki], last queen of Hawaii, 1891-93)
1955 - Linda Purl (born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, Gloria-Happy Days, Matlock)
1974 - Lisa Snowdon (English Model)
1778 - Louis Bonaparte (French Royalty)
1946 - Luis Avalos (Havana Cuba, actor, Condo, E/R, I Had 3 Wives)
1919 - Marge Champion (born in Los Angeles, California, dancer, Marge and Gower Champion Show)
1870 - Marie Ault ([Mary Cragg], Wigan England)
1969 - Mark Brettschneider (born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Jason-One Life to Live)
1951 - Mark Harmon (born in Burbank, California, actor, Dr. Caldwell-St. Elsewhere)
1958 - Marlene Janssen (born in Rock Island, Illinois, playmate, Nov, 1982)
1918 - Martha Mitchell (wife of Attorney General John Mitchell)
1946 - Marty Grebb (Chicago, rocker, Buckinghams)
1933 - Mathieu Kerekou (Statesman)
1973 - Matthew Dunn (Leeton NSW Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics)
1951 - Michael Gray (born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Ronnie-Brian Keith Show)
1934 - Michael Sahl (composer)
1951 - Mike Kaminsky (rocker)
1940 - Mike Pyne (jazz Pianist)
1928 - Miloslav Istvan (composer)
1750 - Pehr Frigel (composer)
1916 - Penny Santon (Greenwich Village, New York, actress, Roll Out, Matt Houston)
1928 - Peter Mansfield (writer)
1937 - Peter Ueberroth (organized LA Olympics, 1984, /baseball commissioner)
1931 - Pierre Huyskens (Dutch radio host)
1911 - Rene Amengual (composer)
1960 - Rex Hudler (born in Tempe, Arizona, outfielder, New York Yankees, California Angels)
1968 - Ricardo de Jongh (soccer player, Dordrecht '90)
1971 - Rich Aurilia (born in Brooklyn, New York, infielder for the San Francisco Giants)
1939 - Robert Lee Dickey (U.S. singer, I'm your puppet)
1925 - Ronnie Stevens (born in London, England, actor, Rodney-Dick and Duchess)
1943 - Rosalind Ashford (Detroit, rock vocalist, Martha Reeve and Vandellas)
1969 - Russell Freeman (NFL tackle for the Oakland Raiders)
1966 - Salma Hayek (actress, Desparado)
1939 - Sam Gooden (Chattanooga Tennessee, rock vocalist, Impressions-Gypsy Woman)
1963 - Sam Mitchell (NBA forward, Minnesota Timberwolves)
1904 - Set Svanholm (Vasteras Sweden, tenor, London Convent Garden 1948-57)
1969 - Shani Waugh (Bunbury Aust, LPGA golfer, Aust sub-jr champ-1986, 87)
1948 - Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe (teacher/astronaut, STS 25)
1971 - Shauna Sand (born in San Diego, California, actress, Renegade)
1957 - Steve Porcaro (rock keyboards/vocalist, Toto-Roseanna, Africa)
1948 - Terry Bradshaw (NFL QB for the Pittsburgh Steelers/announcer, CBS, FOX)
1798 - Thomas Holliday Hicks (Union Gov, died in 1865)
1914 - Tom Glazer (American Musician)
1941 - Tommy Aycock (Edinburg, Texas, PGA golfer, 1994 Las Vegas Senior-5th)
1971 - Tommy Maddox (NFL quarterback for the New York Giants)
1927 - Trudi Jochum-Beiser (Austria, downhill skier 1952 Olympics gold)
1927 - Tzvi Avni (composer)
1904 - Vera Vague ([Barbara Jo Allen], New York City, actress, Follow the Leader)
1878 - Werner von Blomberg (German minister of Reichswehr)
1853 - Wilhelm Ostwald (Germany, physical chemist, Nobel 1909)
1887 - Willem De Merode (protestant poet)
1675 - William Somerville (English Poet)
1856 - Yang Hsiu-ch'ing (commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion)