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Birthdays of Personalities on October 07

1573 : William Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45)
1577 : Ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop
1698 : Henri Madin, composer
1728 : Caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)
1734 : Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana)
1746 : William Billings, Boston Mass, hymn composer (Rose of Sharon)
1748 : Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18)
1758 : Paul Anton Wineberger, composer
1774 : Ferdinando Orlandi, composer
1798 : Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas)
1801 : Adolf Muller, composer
1802 : Bernhard Molique, composer
1802 : Wilhelm Bernard Molique, composer
1817 : Bushrod Rust Johnson, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
1821 : Richard Heron Anderson, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879
1821 : William Sill, with The Underground Railroad
1826 : William Brimage Bate, US Confederate brig-gen/(Gov-D-Tenn, 1882-86)
1835 : Felix Draeseke, composer
1841 : Nicolaas Petrovic Njegos, king of Montenegro (1910-18)
1849 : James Whitcomb Riley, US, poet (Raggedy Man)
1854 : Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek)
1866 : Heinrich Federer, Switz, writer (Das letzte Stndlein des Papstes)
1866 : Martha McChesney Berry, US, founded Berry School for Children
1868 : Fred H Hovey, tennis champ (US Open-1895)
1870 : Uncle Dave Macon, entertainer
1879 : Joe Hill, Jevla Sweden, organizer (IWW)/songwriter (Union Scab)/martyr
1879 : Joseph Bovet, composer
1880 : Jaime Pahissa, composer
1885 : Niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel 1922)
1886 : Johannes B Tielrooy, Dutch literary (Chateaubriand)
1887 : A C "Jack" Russell, cricketer (prolific England batsman post-WW I)
1887 : Jack Mulhall, Wappinger Falls NY, actor (Ken Murray Show)
1888 : Henry A Wallace, (D/P) 33rd VP (1941-45)/founder Progressive Party
1889 : Clarence Muse, Balt MD, actor (Sam-Casablanca, Black Stallion)
1894 : Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher/lawyer
1896 : Cyril Allcott, cricketer (NZ all-rounder in their early Tests)
1896 : Elijah Muhammad, US, leader of Nation of Islam
1898 : Alfred Wallenstein, Chicago Illinois, conductor (Chic Symph 1922-29)
xxxx : Careena Collins, XXX actress (Club Exotica, Mad Jack, Oral Majority)
xxxx : Dylan Baker, Syracuse NY, actor (Jack Gaffney-Feds)
xxxx : Jill Larson, Minneapolis MN, actress (Opal Cortlandt-All My Children)
xxxx : John Loprieno, actor (Cord Roberts-One Life to Live)
xxxx : Joseph Sirola, NYC, actor (Magician, Montefuscos)
xxxx : Melinda Fee, LA Calif, actress (Dr Kate Westin-Invisible Man)
1901 : Frank X Boucher, Ottawa, All-star NHL center (Ottawa, NY Rangers)
1901 : Ralph Rainger, composer
1901 : Suvanna Phuma, premier of Laos
1902 : Willemina J H "Mascha" ter Weene, dancer/ballerina
1903 : Louis S B Leakey, archaeologist/anthropologist
1904 : Chuck Klein, Indianapolis In, Phila Phillies (43 HRs in 1929)
1905 : Andy Devine, [Jeremiah Schwartz], Flagstaff Az, actor (Andy's Gang)
1906 : James E Webb, head of NASA (1961-68)
1907 : Tutta Rolf, Norway, actress (Whalers)
1908 : Richard Caldicot, London England, actor (Horse's Mouth)
1909 : Shura Cherkassky, pianist
1911 : Joe Jones, Chicago IL, drummer
1911 : Vaughn Monroe, Akron Oh, singer/orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show)
1913 : Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer
1913 : Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist (Het Parool, Kinks)
1914 : Alfred Drake, [Capurro], Brooklyn NY, singer/actor (Kiss Me Kate)
1914 : Sarah Churchill, London, actress (All Over Town, Royal Wedding)
1915 : Margarita J Aliger, Russian poet (Zoja) [NS]
1915 : Roman Padlewski, composer
1916 : Walt W Rostow, NYC, economist (Politics & Stages of Growth)
1917 : Helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor (Shadow of the Cloak)
1917 : June Allyson, Bronx, actress (Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas)
1918 : Guido Aristarco, film critic
1919 : Erik Elms„ter, Sweden, 1st to compete in summer & winter Oly (1948)
1919 : Gabriel Dell, Barbados, actor (Steve Allen Show)
1919 : George Duby, historian
1920 : Georg Leber, German politician (SPD)
1921 : John Arthur Giles Gere, English art historian (Pre-Raphaelite painter)
1922 : Martha Stewart, Bardwell Ky, singer/actress (Daisy Kenyon, Doll Face)
1922 : Reina Prinsen Geerligs, [Leentje Vandendriesch], Dutch antifascist
1926 : Diana Lynn, LA CA, actress (Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go)
1926 : Ivan Jirko, composer
1926 : Marcello Abbado, composer
1927 : Al Martino, Phila, singer (Here in My Heart)/actor (Godfather)
1927 : Ronald Laing, British psychiatrist (anti-psychiatrist)
1931 : Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of S Afr (Nobel Peace Prize 1982)
1931 : Ron Vogel, XXX/playboy photographer
1932 : Joannes M Gijsen, Bishop of Roermond
1933 : Paul B Price, Cataret NJ, actor (Busting Loose)
1934 : Imamu Amiri Baraka, [Everett Leroi Jones], US, poet/writer
1934 : Ulrike Meinhof, German Red Army member
1934 : Willie Naulls, NBA star (NY Knicks)
1934 : [Everett] LeRoi Jones, [Amiri Baraka], US writer (Black Music)
1935 : Thomas M Keneally, Australian writer (Schindler's List)
1936 : Gennadi Mikhailovich Kolesnikov, Russia, cosmonaut
1937 : Col Guest, cricketer (Test Aust v England 1963, scored 11 took 0-59)
1938 : Robert Drivas, Chi, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Illustrated Man) [or 11/21]
1939 : Colin Cooper, rocker (Climax Blues Band)
1940 : Bruce F Vento, (Rep-D-Minnesota, 1977- )
1940 : Dino Valenti, rock guitarist/vocalist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
1940 : Richard H Stallings, (Rep-D-ID, 1985- )
1941 : Martin Murray, London England, rocker (Honeycombs)
1941 : Tony Sylvester, rocker (Main Ingredient)
1943 : Oliver L North, US colonel (Irangate)
1945 : Kevin Godley, Manchester England, rock vocalist (10cc)
1949 : Catherine Duggan, LPGA golfer
1949 : Dave Hope, rock bassist (Kansas)
1949 : Kieran Kane, Queens NY, singer (O'Kanes-Daddies Need to Grow Up Too)
1950 : Maartje van Weegen, [Walet], Dutch TV hostess
1951 : Carmen R "Tata" Vega, US soul singer (Color Purple soundtrack)
1951 : John Cougar Mellencamp, Seymour Indiana, rocker (Jack & Diane)
1952 : Graham Yallop, cricketer (Australian capt in 7 Tests, won 1 lost 6)
1952 : Ludmila Tourischeva, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1972)
1952 : Martyn Harris, journalist
1953 : Christopher Norris, NYC, actress (Summer of '42, Eat My Dust)
1953 : Tico Torres, rock drummer (Bon Jovi-Always)
1954 : Victor Manuel Mar, wrestler (AAA/NJPW, Black Cat)
1955 : Yo-Yo Ma, Paris France, world famous Chinese cellist
1956 : James Van Patten, Bkln NY, actor (Bo-Chisholms)
1956 : Julio Pezua, jockey
1957 : Jayne Torvill, England, ice skater (Torvill & Dean, Oly-gold-84)
1957 : Judy Sams, Toronto Ontario, golfer (1994 du Maurier Ltd Classic-38th)
1958 : Kim Morris, San Diego Ca, playmate (Mar, 1986)
1959 : Penny Graeber, Sydney Australia, golfer (1990 6th Vic Open)
1961 : Judy Landers, Phila, actress (Vega$, BJ & the Bear, Madame's Place)
1964 : Ann Curless, singer (Expos‚-What You Don't Know)
1964 : Rich Delucia, Reading PA, pitcher (SF Giants)
1964 : Sam Brown, English singer/songwriter (Stop!)
1964 : Stuart Hendley, Houston Tx, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 Manitoba Open)
1965 : Juul Ellerman, soccer player (PSV, FC Twente)
1966 : Trent Brown, CFL defensive back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1967 : Mariana Perez-Roldan, Argentina, tennis star
1968 : Erick Anderson, NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
1968 : Randy Bartz, Roseville Minn, short track skater (Olympics-1994)
1968 : Toni Braxton, singer (You Mean the World to Me)
1969 : Brent Dorman, Ocala Florida, Canadian Tour golfer
1969 : Martin Haywood, cricketer (NSW opening batsman)
1970 : Daniel Collins, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1970 : Dwayne Provo, cornerback (New England Patriots)
1970 : Harold Ellis, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
1970 : Le'Shai Maston, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1970 : Vaughn Hebron, NFL running back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1971 : Dexter Dawson, CFL receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1971 : Johnnie Morton, NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions)
1971 : Paul Hannam, Vancouver BC, 470 yachter (Olympics-96)
1972 : John Hyden, Tustin Calif, volleyball outside hitter (alt-Olympics-96)
1972 : Rahsaan Giddings, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1973 : Gerald McBurrows, safety (St Louis Rams)
1973 : Priest Holmes, running back (Baltimore Ravens)
1974 : Alexander Polinsky, SF Calif, actor (Adam-Charles in Charge)
1974 : Benjamin Oberman, Denver Colo, pairs skater (& Naomi Grabow)
1974 : Shannon MacMillan, Syosset NY, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
1975 : Billy Walsh, Summit NJ, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1977 : Clayton Miller, Toronto Ontario, trap shooter (Olympics-96)

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