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Birthdays of Personalities on August 03

1423 : Louis XI, King of France (1461-83)
1567 : Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain)
1683 : Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint)
1687 : Arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch)
1728 : Robert Adam, architect/designer (Adelphi Terrace, London)
1731 : Samuel Huntington, (Gov-Ct), Continental Congress pres
1738 : John Singleton Copley, Mass, finest colonial American artist
1793 : John Claire, England, poet
1794 : Eberhard F Walcker, German organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt)
1796 : Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [NS]
1821 : F Kornberger, writer
1828 : John Austin Wharton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
1860 : Charlotte Perkins Gilman, economist/lecturer/author/feminist
1861 : Peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer)
1870 : Richard B Bennett, (C) 11th Canadian PM (1930-35)
1872 : Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam (1901-19)
1874 : Apirana Turupa Ngata, Kawaka NZ, Maori political/cultural leader
1875 : Ernst F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon
1883 : Alfred Korzybski, Poland, scientist (Science & Sanity)
1883 : Franz Kafka, Czech, author (Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika)
1883 : Moses Leverock Crossley, US bio-chemist
1886 : Francis Carco[pino], French author/critic (L'Homme Traqu‚)
1886 : Raymond A Spruance, US admiral/fleet commander/ambassador
1893 : Mississippi John Hurt, rocker
1900 : John Mason Brown, Louisville Ky, critic (Tonight on Broadway)
1906 : Francis Steegmuller, US, biographer (Cocteau)
1906 : Gwendolen Rees, zoologist
1907 : Arthur Steel, Dutch architect (Group '32)
1908 : Thomas Narcejac, Rochefort-sur-Mer France, writer (Vertigo)
1909 : Earl L Butz, US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76); a real Butz
1909 : Lucy Kroll, entertainment agent
1909 : Stavros Niachos, Greece, shipping magnate (Those Fabulous Greeks)
1910 : Bernard Burrows, British diplomat
1910 : Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant
1912 : Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals
1913 : Dorothy Kilgallen, Chic Ill, columnist (What's My Line?)
1913 : Hugh Stirling MacKenzie, British vice admiral
1913 : William Deakin, warden (St Anthony's College Oxford)
1917 : Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner
1918 : Lord Mulley, British MP (Labour)
1920 : Louise Allbritton, Okla City, actr (Celia-Stage Door, Got a Secret)
1922 : Art Fowler, baseball player
1922 : Corneille [Cornelis G of Beverloo], Dutch painter (Africa, Antilles)
1922 : Tom Hudson, artist/teacher
1923 : Baroness Ryder, of Warsaw & Cavendish, worked for sick & disabled
1923 : Emmanuel Bankole Timothy, journalist
1923 : William Mills, painter
1924 : Geoffrey Sammons, senior partner (Allen & Overy)
1925 : Michael Oliver, cardiologist
1926 : Johnny Coles, trumpeter
1926 : Joseph M Gaydos, (Rep-D-PA, 1969- )
1927 : Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect (Standard-Omnisporthal, Luik)
1927 : William McMillan, moderator (Gen Assembly of Church of Scot) [or 1/29]
1928 : Evelyn Anthony, English historical writer (Poellenberg Inheritance)
1928 : G B Fuchs, writer
1928 : John Wills, lord-lt of Avon England
1929 : Eustace Gibbs, vice marshal (Diplomatic Corps)
1930 : Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor (Bavarian State Orch 1968)
1930 : Pete Fountain, New Orleans, jazz clarinetist (Lawrence Welk 1957-59)
1931 : Andres Burnier, [Catharina Dessaur], criminologist/author (Jongensuur)
1934 : Manfred Bieler, writer
1935 : Harrison H "Jack" Schmitt, Santa Rita NM, astronaut (Apollo 17)
1935 : John Swan, PM (Bermuda)
1936 : Anthony Lester, CEO (Runnymede Trust)
1937 : Tom Stoppard, Czech, playwright (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern-1968 Tony)
1938 : David Gandolfo, horse trainer
1940 : Cesar Tovar, baseball player
1940 : Fontella Bass, St Louis Mo, vocalist (Rescue Me)
1940 : Heather Steel, British judge
1941 : Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal)
1941 : Gloria Allred, feminist attorney
1943 : Geraldo Rivera, [Gerry Rivers], NYC, news personality (20/20, Geraldo)
1943 : Judith Durham, singer
1943 : Norman E Thagard, Marianna Fl, MD/astro (STS 7, 51-B, 30, 42, 71, Mir)
1945 : Michael Martin, MP
1945 : Mike Corby, London, guitarist (Babys-Back on My Feet Again)
1948 : Paul BarrŠre, Cal, rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat-Sailin' Shoes)
1949 : John Verity, rocker (Argent)
1950 : Damon Harris, Balt Md, rocker (Temptations-My Girl)
1951 : Jean-Claude Duvalier, [Papa Doc], deposed Haitian president-for-life
1953 : Alynne Beth Amkraut, Amityville NY, entertainer
1955 : Julia Lyndon, Buffalo NY, playmate (August, 1977)
1955 : Matt Keough, baseball player (Oakland A's, NY Yankees)
1955 : Mike Corby, rocker
1955 : Neil Clar, rock guitarist (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions)
1956 : Montel Williams, TV talk show host (Montel)
1957 : Danny Heep, baseball player
1957 : Faye Resnick, author (Nicole Brown Simpson-Private Diary)
1957 : Laura Branigan, Brewster NY, vocalist (Gloria)
1958 : Aaron Tippin, Pensacola Fl, singer (You've Got to Stand for Something)
1959 : Stephen Pearcy, LA Calif, heavy metal vocalist (RATT-Round & Round)
1961 : Vince Clarke, Basildon Essex, rock keyboardist (Erasure)
1962 : Taylor Dayne, [Lesley Wunderman], NY, vocalist (Tell it to My Heart)
1964 : Gary Ryan, rocker (Blackhearts)
1964 : Pia Reyes, Manila Philipines, playmate (Nov, 1988)
1965 : Shinya Hashimoto, wrestler (NJPW)
1969 : Elan Carter, Nutley NJ, playmate (June, 1994)
1970 : Preston Jones, WLAF quarterback (London Monarchs)
1970 : Teemu Selanne, Helsinki Fin, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1973 : Adrian Aucoin, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
1976 : Shane Lynch, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone)
1986 : 1st Dutch test tube baby born

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