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1896 Henry Allington (oldest person in the world when he died, also oldest surviving British WWI vet) (d 7/18/09, age 113)
1918 Richard Crane (actor: Surfside 6) (d 3/9/69, age 50)
1922 Myron Healey (actor) (d 12/21/05, age 82)
1932 Garson 'Budd' Friedman (comedian/actor/founder of Improvisational Comedy Club in Manhattan) (d 11/12/22, age 90)
1934 Gilbert 'Gil' Cates (producer and director of 14 Oscar Award Shows) (d 10/31/11, age 77)
1935 Bobby Mitchell (halfback: Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns) (d 4/5/20, age 84)
1935 The Dalai Lama (Tibetan spiritual leader)
1936 Levi Stubbs (lead singer: The Four Tops) (d 10/17/08, age 72)
1939 Gary 'U.S. Bonds' Anderson (singer)
1940 Larry Blankenburg (aka Larry Lujack, WLS DJ) (d 12/18/13, age 73)
1940 Richard Paul (actor: Jerry Falwell in "The People vs Larry Flynt") (d 12/25/98, age 58)
1944 Peter Albin (bassist: Big Brother & the Holding Company)
1945 David Dukes (actor) (d 10/9/00, age 55)
1949 Robert Englund (actor: Freddie Krueger in "A Nightmare on Elm Street")
1950 Gary Graham (actor) (d 1/22/24, age 73)
1951 Dwight Twilley (singer/songwriter) (d 10/18/23, age 72)
1953 David Bruce Bergman (baseball player: Detroit Tigers) (d 2/2/15, age 61)
1954 Steve Barton (actor: originated the role of Raoul in the London and Broadway debuts of "The Phantom of the Opera") (d 7/21/01, age 47)
1954 Harvey Fierstein (actor)
1955 Sam Simon (director/producer/writer: The Simpsons, Taxi, Cheers, and the movie "The Super") (d 3/8/15, age 59)
1955 Doug Flemion (percussionist: The Frogs, keyboardist: Smashing Pumpkins) (d 7/7/12, age 57)
1955 Sandra Bernhard
1956 Bjorn Borg (Wimbleton champion)
1956 Marilyn Jones (actress)
1959 Amanda Pays (actress)
1960 Steve Vai (guitarist: Whitesnake, David Lee Roth band)
1961 Sydney Walsh (actress)
1964 Diane Sealey (aka Dee C. Lee, singer: The Style Council)
1966 Sean Yseult (bassist/singer: White Zombie)
1967 Max Casella (actor: Vinnie on "Doogie Howser M.D.")
1967 Paul Giamatti (actor)
1975 Staci Keanan (actress: Nicole on "My Two Dads," Dana on "Step By Step")
June 7th
1902 Hope Summers (actress: Clara on "The Andy Griffith Show") (d 7/22/79, age 77)
1909 Jessica Tandy (d 9/11/94, age 85)
1917 Gwendolyn Brooks (poet) (d 12/3/00, age 83)
1917 Dean Martin (d 12/25/95, age 78)
1924 Dolores Gray (actress: Designing Women) (d 6/26/02, age 78)
1925 Jack Olson (author) (d 7/16/02, age 77)
1931 Lang Jeffries (actor) (d 2/12/87, age 55)
1940 Tom Jones (singer)
1942 Muamar Gadhafi (Libyan dictator and terrorist for 42 years, orchestrated Pan Am 103 disaster) (d 10/20/11, age 69)
1943 Ken Osmond (actor: Eddie Haskell on "Leave it to Beaver") (d 5/18/20, age 76)
1943 Nikki Giovanni (poet, writer, commentator, activist) (d 12/9/24, age 81)
1944 Clarence White (guitarist: The Byrds) (d 7/19/73, age 29)
1946 Jenny Jones (talk show host)
1952 Liam Neeson
1953 Johnny Clegg (guitarist/singer: Johnny Clegg & Savuka) (d 7/16/19, age 66)
1955 Joey Scarbury (singer: Believe it or Not (Theme from "The Greatest American Hero"))
1958 Prince (d 4/21/16, age 57)
1958 Christopher Marcantel (actor)
1959 Mike Pence (Governor of Indiana; Vice President 2017-2021)
1962 Lance Reddick (actor: Cedric Daniels on "The Wire," Matthew Abaddon on "Lost," John Wick, Oz) (d 3/17/23, age 60)
1963 Gordon Gano (guitarist: The Violent Femmes)
1966 Eric Krez (drummer: Stone Temple Pilots)
1967 Dave Navarro (guitarist: Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1972 Karl Urban (actor)
1981 Anna Kournikova
1981 Larisa Oleynik (actress)
June 8th
1869 Frank Lloyd Wright (architect) (d 4/9/59, age 89)
1917 Byron 'Whizzer' White (U.S. Supreme Court Justice who retired in 1993 after spending 31 years on the Court and writing more than 500 opinions) (d 4/15/02, age 84)
1918 Robert Preston (actor) (d 3/21/87, age 68)
1921 Alexis Smith (d 6/9/93, age 72)
1921 LeRoy Neiman (illustrator for Playboy and several Olympics Games, as well as several pop culture items of the 1960s and 1970s) (d 6/20/12, age 91)
1923 George Kirby (comedian, impressionist) (d 9/30/95, age 72)
1924 Sheldon Allman (songwriter: George of the Jungle theme) (d 1/22/02, age 77)
1924 Franklyn 'Lyn' Nofziger (Ronald Reagan press secretary and political advisor) (d 3/27/06, age 81)
1925 Barbara Bush (d 4/17/18, age 92)
1927 Jerry Stiller (actor: Frank Costanza on "Seinfeld," Arthur on "King of Queens") (d 5/11/20, age 92)
1928 Kate Wilhelm (author) (d 3/8/18, age 89)
1931 Dana Wynter (actress: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, many other films and TV shows) (d 5/5/11, age 79)
1933 Joan Rivers (comedian) (d 9/4/14, age 81)
1934 Millicent Martin (actress: Alfie, Nothing but the Best)
1936 James Darren (actor: Gidget movies, Corrigan on "T.J. Hooker," singer) (d 9/2/24, age 88)
1939 William Watrous (jazz trombonist) (d 7/2/18, age 79)
1939 Bernie Casey (actor: Boxcar Bertha, Rent-a-Cop) (d 9/19/17, age 78)
1939 Herb Adderley (defensive end: Green Bay Packers 1961-1969, Dallas Cowboys 1970-1972, Pro Football Hall of Famer 1980) (d 10/30/20, age 81)
1940 Nancy Sinatra (singer: These Boots Were Made for Walkin')
1942 Chuck Negron (singer: Three Dog Night) (d 2/2/26, age 83)
1944 Don Grady (actor: Robbie Douglas on "My Three Sons") (d 6/27/12, age 68)
1944 William 'Boz' Scaggs (singer)
1946 James Harman (blues harpist/singer) (d 5/23/21, age 74)
1947 Mick Box (guitarist: Uriah Heep)
1950 Kathy Whitton Baker (actress: Meredith Peters on "Boston Public")
1951 Bonnie Tyler (singer: Total Eclipse of the Heart, It's A Heartache)
1955 Griffin Dunne
1956 Ron Johnson (cornerback: Pittsburgh Steelers 1978-1984, Super Bowls XIII, XIV) (d 7/10/18, age 62)
1957 Scott Adams (cartoonist, creator: Dilbert) (d 1/13/26, age 68)
1958 Keenen Ivory Wayans
1959 Curtis Foster (guitarist: Blind Boys of Alabama)
1960 Mick Hucknall (singer: Simply Red)
1962 Nick Rhodes (keyboardist: Duran Duran)
1965 Rob Pilatus (lip sync'er: Milli Vanilli) (d 4/3/98, age 32)
1966 Julianna Margulies (actress: E.R.)
1969 David Sutcliffe (actor: Patrick on "I'm With Her")
1970 Kelli Williams (actress)
1971 Mark Feuerstein (actor)
1972 P.J. Farley (bassist: Trixter)
1976 Lindsay Davenport (tennis player)
1977 Kanye West (rapper)
June 9th
1893 Albert 'Cole' Porter (d 10/15/64, age 71)
1908 Robert Cummings (actor) (d 12/2/90, age 82)
1913 Patrick Steptoe (invented in vitro fertilization, with Robert Edwards) (d 3/21/88, age 74)
1915 Les Paul (guitarist, invented solid body electric guitar and multi-track recording) (d 8/13/09, age 94)
1916 Robert McNamara (former U.S. Secretary of Defense) (d 7/6/09, age 93)
1922 George Axelrod (playwright: Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Seven Year Itch, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter, The Manchurian Candidate) (d 6/21/03, age 81)
1924 Tony Britton (actor) (d 12/22/19, age 95)
1926 Mona Freeman (actress) (d 5/23/14, age 87)
1928 Jackie Mason (d 7/24/21, age 93)
1929 Johnny Ace (pianist/singer) (d 12/25/54, age 25)
1931 Joe Santos (actor: Rockford Files) (d 3/18/16, age 84)
1934 Jackie Wilson (singer: Lonely Teardrops, (Your Love Keeps Liftin' Me) Higher and Higher) (d 1/21/84, age 49)
1934 Donald Duck (famous fowl cartoon character)
1939 Dick Vitale
1941 Jon Lord (keyboardist: Deep Purple) (d 7/16/12, age 71)
1944 Brigid Bazlen (actress) (d 5/25/89, age 44)
1949 George Bunnell (bassist: Strawberry Alarm Clock)
1951 Dave 'The Cobra' Parker (right fielder, several teams, 1973-1991) (d 6/28/25, age 74)
1953 Bobby Murray (blues guitarist, played with Etta James for 23 years before embarking on a solo career) (d 4/30/26, age 72)
1956 Kelly Connell (actress)
1959 Greg Bissonette (drummer: David Lee Roth, Maynard Ferguson, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai)
1961 Michael J. Fox (actor: Mike on "Spin City," Alex on "Family Ties," Back to the Future)
1963 Johnny Depp
1964 Gloria Reuben
1967 Dean Felber (bassist: Hootie & the Blowfish)
1981 Natalie Portman
June 10th
1910 Chester Burnett (aka Howlin' Wolf, blues guitarist/harpist/singer) (d 1/10/76, age 65)
1915 Saul Bellow (author) (d 4/5/05, age 89)
1918 Barry Morse (actor: Lt Girard, the detective who pursued the wrongly accused Dr. Richard Kimble on TV's "The Fugitive") (d 2/2/08, age 89)
1919 Al Hendrix (father of Jimi, KIRO radio in Seattle said "Al was a sweetheart of a guy, a kind and gentle man who nonetheless fought doggedly, and ultimately successfully, to recover the family's rights to his son's music") (d 4/17/02, age 82)
1920 Ruth Graham (wife of Billy Graham) (d 6/14/07, age 87)
1921 Prince Phillip (Duke of Edinburgh, Mr. Queen Elizabeth) (d 4/9/21, age 99)
1922 Judy Garland (actress: Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz") (d 6/22/69, age 47)
1926 June Haver (Stovenour, June) (d 7/4/05, age 79)
1928 Maurice Sendak (children's author: Where the Wild Things Are) (d 5/8/12, age 83)
1932 Gardner McKay (actor) (d 11/21/01, age 69)
1933 Chuck Fairbanks (coach: New England Patriots 1973-1978) (d 4/2/13, age 79)
1933 F. Lee Bailey (attorney, notable for the O.J. Simpson trial) (d 6/3/21, age 87)
1934 Gerald 'Bounce' Gregory (bass singer: The Spaniels - "Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight") (d 2/12/99, age 64)
1939 Alexandria Stewart (actress)
1940 Addie 'Micki' Harris (singer: The Shirelles - Soldier Boy, Will You Love Me Tomorrow) (d 6/10/82, age 41)
1941 Mickey Jones (actor; drummer: Trini Lopez, Johnny Rivers, Bob Dylan, Kenny Rogers First Edition) (d 2/7/18, age 76)
1941 Shirley Alston (singer: The Shirelles - Soldier Boy, Will You Love Me Tomorrow)
1949 Kevin Corcoran (actor in several Disney films including "Old Yeller," assistant director on many TV shows of the 1980s and 1990s) (d 10/6/15, age 66)
1951 Dan Fouts (quarterback: San Diego Chargers)
1952 Kage Baker (science fiction writer) (d 1/31/10, age 57)
1955 Andrew Stevens (actor)
1959 Timothy Van Patten (actor)
1961 Maxi Priest (singer)
1962 Gina Gershon
1963 Wendy Mekkena (actress: Dana Kleinman on "Listen Up," Charlotte on "Oliver Beene")
1963 Jeanne Tripplehorn
1964 Jimmy Chamberlain (drummer: Smashing Pumpkins)
1965 Elizabeth Hurley, Elizabeth
1966 Doug McKeon
1967 Darren 'Human Beatbox' Robinson (rapper/singer: The Fat Boys) (d 12/10/95, age 28)
1971 Leanza Cornett (correspondent: Entertainment Tonight)
1971 Joel 'Jojo' Hailey (rapper: K-ci and Jojo)
1973 Faith Evans
1973 David Friedman (actor: Jason on "Little House on the Prairie")
1978 Shane West
1982 Tara Lipinski
1982 Leelee Sobieski
1992 Kate Upton
June 11th
1910 Carmine Coppola (composer, father of Francis Ford Coppola) (d 4/26/91, age 80)
1910 Jacques Cousteau (d 6/25/97, age 87)
1913 Vince Lombardi (head coach: Green Bay Packers 1959-1967, record of 98-30-4) (d 9/3/70, age 57)
1919 Richard Todd (actor) (d 12/3/09, age 90)
1920 Robert Hutton (actor) (d 8/7/94, age 74)
1920 Hazel Scott (singer/pianist) (d 10/2/81, age 61)
1922 John Bromfield (actor) (d 9/18/05, age 83)
1925 William Styron (author: Sophie's Choice) (d 11/1/06, age 81)
1931 Bonnie Lee (blues singer) (d 9/7/06, age 75)
1932 Ed Bishop (actor: Ed Straker on "UFO") (d 6/8/05, age 72)
1933 Gene Wilder (d 8/29/16, age 83)
1934 James 'Pookie' Hudson (lead singer: The Spaniels - "Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight") (d 1/16/07, age 72)
1936 Jud Strunk (actor/comedian: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, once lost election to the Maine senate by one vote in 1970) (d 10/5/81, age 45)
1937 Johnny Brown (actor: Nathan Bookman on "Good Times") (d 3/2/22, age 84)
1937 Chad Everett (actor: Medical Center) (d 7/24/12, age 75)
1939 Jackie Stewart (auto racer, sportscaster)
1940 Joey Dee (actor)
1943 Oleg Vidov (actor/director/producer) (d 5/15/17, age 73)
1945 Adrienne Barbeau (actress: Carol on "Maude")
1948 Michael Swan (actor: Duncan on "As the World Turns")
1949 Frank Beard (drummer: ZZ Top)
1952 Russell Hitchcock (singer: Air Supply)
1952 Donnie Van Zant (guitarist/singer: 38 Special, and later versions of Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1953 Peter Bergman (actor)
1956 Joe Montana
1959 Hugh Laurie (actor: House)
1963 Gregg Hoffman (producer: Saw, Saw II) (d 12/4/05, age 42)
1963 Joe Holmes (guitarist: Ozzy Osbourne)
1967 Clare Carey (actress: Kelly on "Coach")
1969 Peter Dinklage (actor: Game of Thrones)
1973 Robbie Kiger (actor)
1977 Ryan Dunn (actor: Jackass the Movie) (d 6/20/11, age 34)
1978 Joshua Jackson (actor: Dawson's Creek)
1986 Shia Labeouf (actor)
June 12th
1918 Samuel Z. Arkoff (film producer: Dressed To Kill, The Amityville Horror, I Was a Teen-Age Werewolf and the Beach Blanket series) (d 9/16/01, age 83)
1919 Uta Hagen (actress: Martha in the original production of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf") (d 1/14/04, age 84)
1924 George H.W. Bush (41st U.S. President: 1989-1993) (d 11/30/18, age 94)
1927 Henry Slesar (writer: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Edge of Night (head writer 1968-1983), several novels) (d 4/2/02, age 74)
1928 Vic Damone (singer) (d 2/11/18, age 89)
1928 Richard Sherman (songwriter, with his brother Robert wrote iconic Disney music like "It's a Small World After All," and the score for Mary Poppins) (d 5/25/24, age 95)
1928 Bernie Hamilton (actor) (d 12/30/08, age 80)
1929 Anne Frank (killed by the Nazis - "The Diary of Anne Frank") (d 3/12/45, age 15)
1929 Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal (sports handicapper, Vegas gaming executive, inspiration of the movie "Casino") (d 10/13/08, age 79)
1930 Jim Nabors (actor: Gomer Pyle USMC, The Andy Griffith Show) (d 11/30/17, age 87)
1931 Rodney Whitaker (author, wrote thrillers under the pen name Trevanian) (d 12/14/05, age 74)
1931 Rona Jaffe (novelist) (d 12/30/05, age 74)
1932 Charlie Feathers (rockabilly guitarist) (d 8/29/98, age 66)
1941 Reg Presley (singer: The Troggs - "Wild Thing") (d 2/4/13, age 71)
1941 Armando 'Chick' Corea (jazz keyboardist, composer, bandleader) (d 2/9/21, age 79)
1942 Len Barry (singer: Bristol Stomp) (d 11/5/20, age 78)
1943 Marv Albert (sportscaster)
1944 Linda Foster (actress)
1949 John Wetton (bassist: Asia, King Crimson, Uriah Heep, Roxy Music) (d 1/31/17, age 67)
1951 Brad Delp (guitarist/singer: Boston) (d 3/9/07, age 55)
1952 Pete Farndon (bassist: The Pretenders) (d 4/14/83, age 30)
1952 Jamieson 'Junior' Brown (singer)
1952 Brad Carlson (aka Bun E. Carlos, drummer: Cheap Trick)
1953 Rocky Burnette (guitarist)
1953 Gary Farmer
1957 Timothy Busfield
1957 Jim Morris (impressionist/comedian)
1958 Rebecca Holden
1959 Jenilee Harrison (actress: Cindy on "Three's Company")
1962 Michael Link (actor)
1968 Bobby Sheehan (bassist: Blues Traveler) (d 8/20/99, age 31)
1974 Jason Mewes
1977 Kenny Wayne Shepherd (guitarist)
1979 Wil Horneff
1981 Adriana Lima (model)
1982 Diem Brown (was on Real World Challenge eight times, several bouts with cancer, died of cancer three months after going to the hospital after collapsing on the set of the latest season) (d 11/14/14, age 32)
1985 Kendra Wilkinson
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