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May 30th
1896 Howard Hawks (producer, director: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Monkey Business, Hatari, Rio Bravo, Rio Lobo, Sergeant York, A Song is Born, The Thing) (d 12/26/77, age 81)
1908 Mel Blanc (voice actor: Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig) (d 7/10/89, age 81)
1909 Benny Goodman (bandleader) (d 6/13/86, age 77)
1911 Douglas Fowley (actor: Grandpa in "Pistols 'n' Petticoats") (d 5/21/98, age 86)
1912 Hugh Griffith (actor) (d 5/14/80, age 67)
1912 Joseph Stein (playwright: Fiddler on the Roof, Zorba, Enter Laughing) (d 10/24/10, age 98)
1914 Bobby Sherwood (actor/orchestra leader: Milton Berle Show) (d 1/23/81, age 66)
1915 Martin Manulis (TV, film, and stage producer, best known for "Playhouse 90" program) (d 9/28/07, age 92)
1918 Bob Evans (restaurant founder, sausage maker) (d 6/21/07, age 89)
1923 Jimmy Lydon (actor/producer) (d 3/9/22, age 98)
1927 Clint Walker (actor: The Dirty Dozen, Cheyenne) (d 5/21/18, age 90)
1935 Bill Mallory (college football coach: Indiana, where he was their winningest coach in history, overall record of 168-129-4) (d 5/25/18, age 82)
1936 Keir Dullea (actor: Dave in "2001 A Space Odyssey")
1936 Ruta Lee (actress)
1938 David L. Early (actor/teacher) (d 3/23/13, age 74)
1939 Michael J. Pollard (actor: C.W. Moss in "Bonnie and Clyde") (d 11/20/19, age 80)
1942 Bo Gentry (singer) (d 6/30/83, age 41)
1942 Lenny Davidson (guitarist: Dave Clark Five)
1943 Gale Sayers (running back: Chicago Bears 1965-1971) (d 9/22/20, age 77)
1945 Gladys Horton (singer: The Marvelettes - "Please Mr. Postman") (d 1/26/11, age 65)
1945 Meredith MacRae (actress: Billie Jo 'Willimena Josephine' Bradley on "Petticoat Junction") (d 7/14/00, age 55)
1946 Candy Lightner (founder of MADD: Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
1948 Michael Piller (writer for later Star Trek series Deep Space Nine and Voyager) (d 11/1/05, age 57)
1950 Hank Carter (saxophonist: George Thorogood 1980-2003),d 9/14/21, age 71)
1951 Stephen Tobolowsky (actor)
1953 Colm. Meaney (actor: Star Trek Deep Space Nine)
1955 Nicky 'Topper' Headon (drummer: The Clash)
1958 Marie Fredriksson (singer: Roxette) (d 12/9/19, age 61)
1958 Ted McGinley (actor: Jefferson D'Arcy on "Married...with Children," Stan Gable in "Revenge of the Nerds," Roger Phillips on "Happy Days")
1961 Ralph Carter (actor: Michael Evans on "Good Times")
1962 Tonya Pinkins (actress)
1964 Wynonna Judd (singer: The Judds)
1964 Tom Morello (guitarist/singer: Rage Against the Machine)
1965 Rick Holmstrom (blues guitarist)
1965 Tammy Parks (actress)
1971 Patrick Dahlheimer (bassist: Live)
1971 Idina Menzel
1974 Thomas 'Cee-Lo' Callaway (rapper)
1976 Omri Hairi Katz (actor: Marshall Teller on "Eerie Indiana")
May 31st
1908 Don Ameche (d 12/6/93, age 85)
1912 Barbara Pepper (actress: Doris Ziffel (1965-1969) on "Green Acres") (d 7/18/69, age 57)
1912 Dave O'Brien (actor) (d 11/8/69, age 57)
1913 Art Davis (cowboy actor/country singer) (d 1/16/87, age 73)
1914 Akira Ifukube (composer of music for Godzilla and many other Japanese monster movies for nearly fifty years) (d 2/8/06, age 91)
1920 Howard H. Scott (part of the team that developed the LP vinyl record at Columbia records) (d 9/23/12, age 92)
1923 Prince Clint Rainier III (of Monaco) (d 4/6/05, age 81)
1930 Elaine Stewart (actress) (d 6/27/11, age 81)
1930 Clint Eastwood
1934 Jim Hutton (actor) (d 6/2/79, age 45)
1938 Peter Yarrow (singer: Peter, Paul, & Mary) (d 1/7/25, age 86)
1938 Lenny Welch (singer: Breaking up is Hard to Do, Since I Fell For You) (d 4/8/25, age 86)
1940 Augie Meyers (singer/accordionist/keyboardist/founding member: The Texas Tornados, Sir Douglas Quintet) (d 3/7/26, age 85)
1941 Don Lytle (aka Johnny Paycheck, singer: Take this Job and Shove It) (d 2/18/03, age 61)
1943 Sharon Gless (actress: Cagney on "Cagney & Lacey")
1943 Joe Namath
1944 Samantha Juste (Disc Girl on "Top of the Pops" in the 1960s, wife of Micky Dolenz) (d 2/5/14, age 69)
1948 John 'Bonzo' Bonham (drummer: Led Zeppelin) (d 9/25/80, age 32)
1948 Lynda Bellingham (actress) (d 10/19/14, age 66)
1949 Steven Kampmann (actor: Kirk on "Newhart")
1950 Tom Berenger
1950 Gregory Harrison
1954 Vickie Sue Robinson (Disco Diva: Turn the Beat Around) (d 4/27/00, age 45)
1958 Kyle Secor (actor: Tim Bayliss on "Homicide-Life on the Street")
1960 Chris Elliott
1961 Harry Enfield (comedian)
1961 Lea Thompson (actress: Caroline in the City, Casual Sex, Space Camp, Howard the Duck, Back to the Future)
1962 Corey Hart (singer: Sunglasses at Night)
1964 Scotti Hill (guitarist: Skid Row)
1965 Brooke Shields
1967 Sandrine Bonnaire (actress)
1971 Sarah O'Hare (model)
1973 Tyrone Williams (cornerback: Green Bay Packers 1996-2000)
1976 Colin Farrell (actor)
1977 Eric Christian Olsen
1983 Michael 'Big Mike' Lynche (singer, fourth place finisher on 2010 American Idol)
1985 Jordy Nelson (wide receiver: Green Bay Packers 2008-2017, Oakland Raiders 2018)
June 1st
1890 Frank Morgan (actor: Prof Marvel, Guardian of the Gates, in "The Wizard of Oz") (d 9/18/49, age 59)
1915 John Randolph (actor: Vacation movies, Prizzi's Honor, Schuyler in "You've Got Mail") (d 3/6/04, age 88)
1921 Nelson Riddle (conductor; arranger: Nat King Cole) (d 10/6/85, age 64)
1922 Joan Caulfield (actress: My Favorite Husband) (d 6/18/91, age 69)
1925 Richard Erdman (actor/director, over 160 films from 1944 to 2017) (d 3/16/19, age 93)
1926 Andy Griffith (d 7/3/12, age 86)
1926 Marilyn Monroe (d 8/5/62, age 36)
1930 Corbett Monica (Joey Bishop Show, Ed Sullivan Show, part of the Rat Pack) (d 7/22/98, age 68)
1930 Pat Corley (actor: bartender on "Murphy Brown") (d 9/11/06, age 76)
1930 Edward Woodward (actor: The Equalizer, Breaker Morant) (d 11/16/09, age 79)
1933 Charles Wilson (Texas Democrat, 12 terms in House of Representatives, key player in getting Soviets out of Afghanistan, aka Charlie Wilson's War) (d 2/10/10, age 76)
1933 Alan 'The Horse' Ameche (fullback: Baltimore Colts) (d 8/8/88, age 55)
1934 Peter Masterson (actor) (d 12/18/18, age 84)
1934 Pat Boone
1937 Colleen McCullough (author: The Thorn Birds) (d 1/29/15, age 77)
1937 Morgan Freeman
1939 Clevon Little (actor: servant in "Once Bitten") (d 10/22/92, age 53)
1940 Rene Auberjonois (actor) (d 12/8/19, age 79)
1941 Dean Chance (pitcher) (d 10/11/15, age 74)
1943 Gordy Harmon (singer: The Whispers - "And the Beat Goes On," "Rock Steady") (d 1/5/23, age 79)
1944 Robert Powell (actor)
1945 Linda Scott (singer)
1947 Jonathan Pryce (actor)
1947 Ron Wood (guitarist: The Rolling Stones, Faces)
1948 Powers Boothe (actor) (d 5/14/17, age 68)
1948 Tom Sneva (Indy 500 Winner: 1983)
1950 Charlene (D'Angelo) (singer)
1950 Graham Russell (singer: Air Supply)
1953 David Berkowitz (mass murderer, aka Son of Sam)
1953 Diana Canova (actress: Corrine on "Soap")
1953 Ronnie Dunn (singer: Brooks and Dunn)
1955 Tony Snow (former George W. Bush press secretary) (d 7/12/08, age 53)
1956 Lisa Hartman
1956 Robin Mattson (actress)
1959 Alan Wilder (keyboardist: Depeche Mode)
1960 Simon Gallup (bassist: The Cure)
1963 Mike Joyce (drummer: The Smiths)
1969 Teri Polo (actress: Alex Young on "I'm With Her")
1973 Heidi Klum (model)
1974 Alanis Morissette
1977 Danielle Harris
1982 Danny Zavatsky (actor)
June 2nd
1895 Alice Elizabeth Leigh Coldwell (amateur ice skater, founded Pets Unlimited) (d 11/5/99, age 104)
1904 John Weissmuller (actor/swimmer) (d 1/20/84, age 79)
1917 Max Showalter (actor/composer) (d 7/30/00, age 83)
1920 Tex Schramm (sports executive, LA Rams 1947-1956, President and GM of the Dallas Cowboys 1960-1989, 20 consecutive winning seasons 1966-1985, Pro-Football Hall of Fame inductee in 1991) (d 7/15/03, age 83)
1922 Gil Stratton (actor/sportscaster) (d 10/11/08, age 86)
1924 Al Ruscio (actor: owner of Monk's on "Seinfeld") (d 11/12/13, age 89)
1926 Milo O'Shea (actor: Leopold Bloom in "Ulysses," Friar Lawrence in "Romeo & Juliet," several other bit parts including Golden Girls and West Wing) (d 4/2/13, age 86)
1930 Pete Conrad (astronaut) (d 7/8/99, age 69)
1930 Jimmy Jones (singer: Handy Man) (d 8/2/12, age 82)
1932 Sammy Turner (singer)
1934 Johnny Carter (tenor/falsetto singer: The Flamingos ("I Only Have Eyes For You"), The Dells, inducted into Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame with both groups) (d 8/21/09, age 75)
1935 Carol Shields (Pulitzer prize winning author) (d 7/16/03, age 68)
1937 Sally Kellerman (actress: Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan in the "M*A*S*H" movie, Dr. Diane Turner in "Back to School") (d 2/24/22, age 84)
1941 Charlie Watts (drummer: The Rolling Stones) (d 8/24/21, age 80)
1941 Stacy Keach
1942 Barry Levinson (director: Carol Burnett Show, Rain Man, Disclosure, Good Morning Vietnam, The Natural, Toys, Diner, Bugsy, Avalon, Wag the Dog)
1943 Charles Haid
1944 Garo Yepremian (kicker: Miami Dolphins 1970-1978, played in the NFL 1966-1981 overall) (d 5/15/15, age 70)
1944 Marvin Hamlisch (soundtrack composer: The Sting, Ordinary People, The Way We Were, Sophie's Choice, and Broadway's "A Chorus Line") (d 8/6/12, age 68)
1945 Antone 'Chubby' Tavares (singer: Tavares) (d 11/29/25, age 80)
1948 Jerry Mathers (actor: Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver on "Leave it to Beaver")
1950 Joanna Gleason
1954 Michael Steele (bassist: The Bangles)
1955 Dana Carvey (actor/comedian: Saturday Night Live)
1955 Garry Grimes (actor)
1960 Tony Hadley (singer: Spandau Ballet)
1968 Lester 'Beetlejuice' Green (Howard Stern sidekick/frequent guest, actor: Scary Movie 2)
1970 Paula Cole (singer)
1972 Wayne Brady (comedian: Whose Line is it Anyway, host: Don't Forget the Lyrics)
1976 Adrian Carlos Olivares (singer: Menudo)
1977 Zachary Quinto
1978 Nikki Cox
1978 Justin Long (actor)
1983 Brooke White (singer, fifth place finisher on 2008 American Idol)
June 3rd
1897 Lizzie 'Memphis Minnie' Douglas (blues singer) (d 8/6/73, age 76)
1899 Lisle Blackbourn (head coach: Green Bay Packers 1954-1957) (d 6/15/83, age 84)
1906 Josephine Baker (singer, dancer) (d 4/11/75, age 68)
1911 Paulette Goddard (actress) (d 4/23/90, age 78)
1913 Ellen Corby (actress: Grandma on "The Waltons") (d 4/14/99, age 85)
1924 Colleen Dewhurst (actress) (d 8/22/91, age 67)
1924 Jimmy Rogers (blues guitarist/singer) (d 12/19/97, age 73)
1925 Tony Curtis (d 9/29/10, age 85)
1926 Allen Ginsberg (activist/Beat poet: Howl) (d 4/5/97, age 70)
1927 Homer 'Boots' Randolph (saxophonist/composer: Yakety Sax, which became the theme from The Benny Hill Show, his last album was released 6/12/7) (d 7/3/07, age 80)
1929 Chuck Barris (producer: Dating Game, Newlywed Game, Gong Show (also host); songwriter: Palisades Park) (d 3/21/17, age 87)
1929 Billy Williams (cinematographer: On Golden Pond, Ghandi) (d 5/21/25, age 95)
1936 Larry McMurtry (author: The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment) (d 3/25/21, age 84)
1936 Eddie 'Chank' Willis (guitarist: Motown's studio band "The Funk Brothers") (d 8/20/18, age 82)
1937 Edward Winter (actor: played paranoid CIA officer Col. Flagg on "M*A*S*H") (d 3/8/01, age 63)
1941 Robert C. Hunter (singer/songwriter/guitarist/lyricist, wrote many Grateful Dead songs including "Truckin") (d 9/23/19, age 78)
1942 Curtis Mayfield (singer: People Get Ready, Keep on Pushing) (d 12/26/99, age 57)
1944 Michael Clarke (drummer: The Byrds) (d 12/19/93, age 49)
1946 Tristan Rogers (actor: Robert Scorpio on "General Hospital") (d 8/15/25, age 79)
1946 Ian Hunter (singer: Mott the Hoople)
1946 John Paul Jones (bassist: Led Zeppelin)
1950 Melissa Mathison (screenwriter) (d 11/4/15, age 65)
1950 Suzi Quatro (singer: Stumblin' In (with Chris Norman), actress: Leather Tuscadero on "Happy Days")
1951 Deniece Williams
1952 Billy Powell (keyboardist: Lynyrd Skynyrd, joined the band in 1972 at age 19, after being a roadie for them for a couple years) (d 1/28/09, age 56)
1954 Dan Hill (singer: Sometimes When We Touch)
1958 Scott Valentine (actor: Nick on "Family Ties")
1959 Steven Pearcy (singer: Ratt)
1964 Kerry King (guitarist: Slayer)
1965 Mike Gordon (bassist: Phish)
1967 Anderson Cooper
1991 Yordano Ventura Hernandez (pitcher: Kansas City Royals) (d 1/22/17, age 25)
June 4th
1908 Rosalind Russell (d 11/28/76, age 68)
1916 Gaylord Nelson (former Wisconsin Governor and Senator, founder of Earth Day) (d 7/3/05, age 89)
1917 Robert Merrill (opera star; songwriter: Funny Girl) (d 10/23/04, age 87)
1924 Dennis Weaver (actor: Chester Goode on "Gunsmoke," Duel, McCloud) (d 2/24/06, age 81)
1926 Judith Malina (actress) (d 4/10/15, age 88)
1927 Geoffrey Palmer (actor: Lionel Hardcastle on "As Time Goes By") (d 11/5/20, age 93)
1928 Dr. Ruth Westheimer (d 7/12/24, age 96)
1932 John Drew Barrymore (actor) (d 11/29/04, age 72)
1932 Richard De Angelis (actor: Col. Raymond Foerster on "The Wire") (d 12/28/05, age 73)
1936 Bruce Dern
1937 Baldemar Huerta (aka Freddy Fender, singer: Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, Before the Next Teardrop Falls) (d 10/14/06, age 69)
1937 Charlie 'Shoeshine' Miller (music promoter) (d 11/14/01, age 64)
1944 Roger Ball (saxophonist: Average White Band)
1944 Michelle Phillips (singer: The Mamas and The Papas, actress)
1945 Gordon Waller (singer: Peter and Gordon - "World Without Love") (d 7/17/09, age 64)
1945 Leroy Hutson (singer: The Impressions)
1945 Margaret Impert (actress)
1948 Rosemary Joyce (actress)
1950 Wayne Powers (actor)
1951 Danny Brown (bassist: The Fixx)
1952 Jimmy McCulloch (guitarist: Wings) (d 9/27/79, age 27)
1952 Parker Stevenson
1952 Catherine Watkins (actress)
1954 Raphael Ravenscroft (saxophonist, was paid $50 in 1977 to compose and play the sax solo for "Baker Street") (d 10/19/14, age 60)
1957 Tinsley Ellis (blues guitarist)
1958 Julie Gholson (actress)
1961 El Debarge
1961 Sam Harris (actor: Perry Pearl on "The Class")
1968 Scott Wolf (actor: Party of Five)
1971 Noah Wyle (actor: E.R., A Few Good Men)
1974 Stefan Lessard (bassist: The Dave Matthews Band)
1975 Russell Brand (actor)
1975 Angelina Jolie
June 5th
1914 Estelle Reiner (actress/singer, had famous line of "I'll have what she's having" in "When Harry Met Sally") (d 10/25/08, age 94)
1923 Peggy Stewart (actress) (d 5/29/19, age 95)
1924 Art 'Bulldog' Donovan (defensive tackle: Baltimore Colts 1950, 1953-1961, inducted into Pro-Football Hall of Fame in 1967) (d 8/4/13, age 89)
1925 Bill Hayes (singer: The Ballad of Davy Crockett) (d 1/12/24, age 98)
1928 Robert Lansing (actor) (d 10/23/94, age 66)
1928 Tony Richardson (stage and film director) (d 11/14/91, age 63)
1930 Connie Hines (actress: Carol (Wilbur's wife) on "Mr. Ed") (d 12/18/09, age 79)
1932 Christy Brown (author: My Left Foot) (d 9/7/81, age 49)
1934 Bill Moyers (d 6/26/25, age 91)
1937 Floyd Butler (singer: Friends of Distinction)
1939 Margaret Drabble (writer: The Needle's Eye)
1941 Spalding Gray (actor/writer) (d 1/10/04, age 62)
1941 John Lawlor (actor) (d 2/13/25, age 83)
1945 Don Reid (singer: The Statler Brothers)
1946 Stefania Sandrelli (actress)
1946 Fred Stone (singer: Sly & the Family Stone)
1947 Tom Evans (guitarist/singer/songwriter: Badfinger) (d 11/19/83, age 36)
1947 Laurie Anderson (singer)
1948 Gail Davies (country singer)
1949 Ken Follett (spy novelist: Eye of the Needle)
1950 Daniel von Bargen (actor: Mr. Kruger on the last season of "Seinfeld," also Malcolm in the Middle) (d 3/1/15, age 64)
1954 Peter Erskine (drummer: Weather Report)
1954 Nick McBrain (drummer: Iron Maiden)
1956 Nicolette Goulet (actress: Ryan's Hope, daughter of Robert Goulet) (d 4/17/08, age 51)
1956 Richard Butler (singer: The Psychedelic Furs)
1956 Kenny G. (Gorlick) (saxophonist)
1959 Michael Winans (gospel singer)
1961 Mary Kay Bergman (voice actress, at one time did all but one females on "South Park") (d 11/18/99, age 38)
1968 Brett James (songwriter: Jesus Take the Wheel) (d 9/18/25, age 57)
1969 Brian McKnight
1971 Mark Wahlberg
1977 Kristin Gore (writer: Futurama, daughter of Al and Tipper Gore)
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