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Birthdays of Personalities on May 29

1630 : Charles II, King of England (1660-85)
1673 : Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council
1716 : Louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist
1736 : Patrick Henry, US, patriot "Give me liberty or give me death"
1810 : Erasmus Darwin Keyes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1810 : Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Argentina politician/writer
1810 : Solomon Meredith, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1875
1824 : Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, Major General (Confederate Army)
1825 : David Bell Birney, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1826 : Ebenezer Butterick, inventor (tissue paper dress pattern)
1827 : Reuben Lindsay Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1890
1837 : Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader (CHU)
1840 : Hans Makart, Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz)
1846 : Albert Gy”rgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian minister of Education
1851 : L‚on VA Bourgeois, French premier (1895-96, Nobel 1920)
1864 : A H Borgesius, Dutch amateur astronomer
1874 : Gilbert Keith Chesterton, England, novelist (Man Who Made Gold)
1880 : Oswald Spengler, Germany, philosopher (Decline of West)
1885 : Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer (theory of relativity)
1892 : Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (La inquietud del rosal)
1896 : George L Funke, botanist (Flower Physiology)
1903 : Bob Hope, [Leslie Townes], Kent England, entertainer (famous profile)
1904 : Robert Knox, bacteriologist
1906 : Terence Hanbury White, Bombay India, novelist (England Have My Bones)
1907 : Desmond Shawe-Taylor, critic
1909 : Neil R[onald] Jones, US, sci-fi author (Space War, Twin Worlds)
1910 : Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker
1911 : James Marjoribanks, British ambassador
1911 : Louis Wain, agricultural scientist
1912 : John B M R "John" Hanlo, Dutch poet (Go to the Mosque)
1913 : Douglas Black, physician
1915 : David Jenklins, librarian (National Library of Wales)
1915 : Igor Buketoff, Hartford Conn, conductor (Iceland Symph 1964-65)
1915 : Lord Huntingfield, British agent to UN Secreteriat
1916 : Carl M Story, fiddler
1917 : John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Mass, (Sen-D-Mass), 35th Pres (1961-1963)
1918 : Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show)
1920 : Robin Haydon, British diplomat
1921 : George Terry, chief constable (Sussex England)
1923 : Earl of Morley, Lord Lt (Devon)
1923 : Richard Worsley, quarter master General
1925 : Kenneth Couzens, CEO (Coal Products)
1927 : Carl Toms, stage designer (1 Million BC, Moon Zero Two)
1927 : Dick Hillenius, Dutch biologist/writer
1927 : Trevor Holdsworth, CEO (National Power)
1928 : Felix Rohatyn, Vienna Austria, investment banker (NY Big MAC Bonds)
1929 : Anthony Grant, British MP
1929 : Katie Boyle, [Lady Sander Saunders], British broadcaster
1929 : Kennetgh Couzens, CEO (Coal Products)
1930 : Eleanor Fazan, opera/show choreographer (Lassiter, Ruling Class)
1931 : Carl Toms, stage designer
1932 : Paul Erlich
1935 : Andr‚ P Brink, South African writer (Dry White Season)
1935 : Denis J Worrall, South African politician/leader (DP)
1935 : Martin Garrod, Commandant General (Royal Marines)
1937 : Alwin Schockemohle, horse show jumper
1937 : Irmin Schmidt, rocker (Can)
1939 : Al Unser, auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1970, 71)
1939 : Martin Garrod, Commandant General Royal Marines
1941 : Douglas Scott, mountaineer
1941 : Roy Crewsdon, Manchester, rocker (Freddie & The Dreamers)
1943 : Bob Edgar, (Rep-D-PA, 1975-87)
1943 : E Thomas Coleman, (Rep-R-MO, 1976- )
1943 : Terry Pavey, editor (TV Times)
1944 : Quentin Davies, MP (C)
1945 : Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, Minister of State (Scotland)
1945 : Martin Pipe, horse trainer
1945 : Mike Rossi, rocker (Status Quo)
1947 : Mark Nelson, Brooklyn NY, crew member (Biosphere 2)
1949 : Francis Rossi, guitarist (Status Quo-Picture of a Matchstick Man)
1949 : Gary Brooker, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum)
1952 : Louise Cooper, UK, sci-fi author (Nemesis, Inferno, Infanta, Nocturne)
1955 : John Hinckley Jr, shot & wounded Pres Reagan (1981)
1955 : Mike Porcaro, rock bassist (Toto-Roseanna, Africa)
1956 : Greg R, rocker (Bad)
1956 : Larry Blackmon, rocker (Cameo-Alligator Woman)
1959 : Mel Gaynor, Glasgow Scotland, rock drummer (Simple Minds-Water Front)
1961 : David Palmer, heavy metal drummer (ABC, AC/DC)
1962 : Eric Davis, LA CA, outfielder (Cin Reds)
1965 : Charlie Hayes, Hattisburg MS, 3rd baseman (Pitts Pirates, NY Yankees)
1967 : Bill Risley, Chicago IL, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
1967 : Ray Bernard, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1969 : Toby Borland, Quitman LA, pitcher (Phila Phillies)
1972 : Kevin McDougal, CFL quarterback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1973 : Tiffany M Sloan, Orange county Calif, playmate (Oct, 1992)
1974 : Kenny Bynum, running back (San Diego Chargers)
1974 : Robyn Petroskey, Minneapolis Minn, figure skater (1996 Midwest champ)
1975 : Melanie Janine Brown, "Scary Spice", Leeds, vocalist (Spice Girls)
1975 : Shoshanna Lonstein, NYC, girlfriend (Jerry Seinfeld)
1980 : Val‚rie Hould-Marchand, Riviere-Du-Loup QU, synchro swim (Oly-silv-96)
1989 : Danielle Riley Keough, grand daughter of Elvis Presley

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