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Birthdays of Personalities on August 09

1513 : John van Hembyze, Flemish calvinist
1535 : Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian
1578 : Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37)
1589 : Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist
1764 : Ann Ward Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist (Italian)
1766 : J Schopenhauer, writer
1777 : Henry Hallam, British lawyer/historian
1802 : Thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor
1809 : Frederick Henle, Germany, pathologist
1819 : Elias Howe, Spencer Mass, invented sewing machine
1825 : Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters)
1831 : Johan P van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter/lithographer/writer
1834 : Jan Neruda, Czech writer/poet (Povidky Malostransk‚)
1856 : Daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum)
1856 : Nikola Tesla, Croatia, electrical engineer/inventor (Tesla Coil)
1857 : Frederik II W, grandduke of Baden (1907-18)
1858 : Franz Boas, anthropologist/linguist (Mind of Primitive Man)
1864 : Franz Miller, becomes first Train Murderer
1878 : H V Kaltenborn, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Who Said That?)
1879 : Friedrich Adler, Austria social-democrat/murderer of premier Strgkh
1887 : Samuel Eliot Morison, historian (Admiral of the Ocean Sea)
1898 : Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer/journalist (Mary, Revolt in Congo)
xxxx : Tricky Lane, rocker (Sweet F A-Stick To Your Guns)
1901 : Barbara Cartland, romance author (Camfield #69)
1902 : Gerhard Pohl, German writer (Crazy Ferdinand)
1905 : Clarence Campbell, Saskatchewan, 3rd NHL pres (1946-77)
1906 : Beene Dubbelboer, Dutch writer (Secret Resistance)
1910 : Harold C Fox, fashion designer/musician
1911 : Clan Fraser of Lovat, soldier/landowner
1911 : Lord Lovat, [Shimi], Scottish cattle breeder/leader of clan Fraser
1914 : Willi Stoph, president German DR
1916 : Edward Heath, (C) British PM (1970-74)
1917 : Ted Steele, Hartford Ct, orch leader (Cavalcade of Stars)
1918 : Rowley I Arenstein, S African attorney/communist/ANC'er
1919 : Peggy Braithwaite, lighthouse-keeper
1921 : Jacob J Hage, Dutch farmer/WW II resistance fighter
1922 : Rey Hassan, Morroco, King of Morocco (1961- )
1924 : Leonard Pennario, Buffalo NY, pianist (LA Philharmonic)
1925 : Alan Dale, Bkln NY, singer (Alan Dale Show)
1925 : Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector
1925 : Thomas A Luken, (Rep-D-OH, 1973-74, 77- )
1927 : Leonard Patrick "Red" Kelly, NHL hall of famer (Norris trophy)
1929 : Lee Hazelwood, Ok, country singer/songwriter (Summer Wine, Jackson)
1929 : Mawlai al-Hassan II, King of Morocco (1961- )
1930 : Buddy Bregman, Chicago, orch leader (Eddie Fisher Show)
1932 : Donald Rumsfeld, politician (involved in Watergate)
1932 : John Paul Getty II, US/British oil magnate/billionaire (Getty Oil)
1935 : Mercedes Sosa, [La Negra], Argentina, singer
1935 : Ronnie Burns, Evanston Ill, adopted son of George Burns
1935 : Willem Duisenberg, minister of Finance (PvdA)/pres (Nethche Bank)
1936 : June Jordan, US playwright/poet (His Own Where)
1937 : David Hockney, Bradford England, artist (Pop Art)
1940 : John Salvito, rocker (Duprees)
1941 : Don McPherson, rocker
1941 : Karin von Aroldingen, Germany, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Co)
1941 : Scotty Baesler, (Rep-D-Kentucky)
1942 : Hermann Burger, writer
1942 : Paul B Henry, (Rep-R-Michigan, 1985- )
1943 : Bon Scott, [Ronald Belford], Kirriemuir Scotland, rocker (AC/DC)
1943 : John H Casper, Greenville SC, USAF/astronaut (STS 36, 54, 62, 77)
1944 : Glen [Charles] Cook, US, sci-fi author (Shadowline, Star's End)
1945 : Dean R[ay] Koontz, US, sci-fi author (Star Quest, Beastchild)
1945 : Lewis F Payne Jr, (Rep-D-Virginia)
1946 : Joe Micelli, rocker
1946 : Mitch Mitchell, drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
1947 : Jerney Kaagman, Dutch singer (Earth & Fire)
1952 : John Tesh, Garden City NY, New age pianist/TV host (ET)
1953 : Dave Camp, (Rep-R-Michigan)
1953 : Irina D Latysheva, Russian cosmonaut
1954 : Debbie Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
1955 : Fred Norris, comedy writer/singer (Howard Stern Show)
1955 : Sergei Vladimirovich Krichevsky, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut
1956 : [Peter] Marc Almond, Merseyside England, vocalist (Soft Cell)
1959 : Jim Kerr, Glasgow Scotland, rock vocalist (Simple Minds)
1960 : Christopher J "Gus" Loria, Newton Mass, Major USMC/astronaut
1963 : Frank Bello, US heavy metal bassist (Anthrax-Soldiers of Metal)
1963 : Pamela Annette Sanders, Miami Florida, playmate (November, 1985)
1968 : Vardis A Fisher, US writer (Darkness & Deep), dies at 73
1971 : Bobby Leslie, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)

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