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June 1st
1890 Frank Morgan (actor: Professor 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 Norma Jean Baker (aka Marilyn Monroe) (d 8/5/62, age 36)
1930 Corbett Monica (Joey Bishop Show, Ed Sullivan Show, member 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 who served 12 terms in the House of Representatives, key player in getting Soviets out of Afghanistan) (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)
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)
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 Coldwell (founder of 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, L.A. 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 1961-2009, inducted into the 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 NFL 1966-1981 overall) (d 5/15/15, age 70)
1944 Marvin Hamlisch (composer of movie soundtracks: The Sting, Ordinary People, The Way We Were, Sophie's Choice, and Broadway's "A Chorus Line") (d 8/6/12, age 68)
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)
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 Douglas (aka Memphis Minnie, blues singer) (d 8/6/73, age 76)
1899 Lisle Blackbourn (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) (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)
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: 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 Ian Hunter (singer: Mott the Hoople)
1946 John Paul Jones (bassist: Led Zeppelin)
1946 Tristan Rogers
1950 Melissa Mathison (screenwriter) (d 11/4/15, age 65)
1950 Suzi Quatro (singer: Stumblin' In (w/ 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 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
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
1932 John Drew Barrymore (actor, father of Drew Barrymore) (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 and shoe shine man) (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)
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 who 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/singer)
1958 Julie Gholson (actress)
1961 El(dra) Debarge
1961 Sam Harris (actor: Perry Pearl on "The Class")
1965 Andrea Jaeger (tennis star, retired as a teenager)
1968 Scott Wolf (actor: Party of Five)
1971 Noah Wyle (actor: ER, 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 (actor: Days of Our Lives; 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
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)
1945 Don Reid (singer: The Statler Brothers)
1946 Stefania Sandrelli (actress)
1947 Tom Evans (guitarist/singer/songwriter: Badfinger) (d 11/19/83, age 36)
1947 Laurie Anderson (singer)
1949 Ken Follett (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)
1969 Brian McKnight
1971 Mark Wahlberg
1977 Kristin Gore (writer: Futurama, daughter of Al and Tipper Gore)
1981 Jade Goody (cast member on Big Brother season 3) (d 3/22/09, age 27)
June 6th
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 Dalai Lama (Tibetan spiritual leader)
1936 Levi Stubbs (singer: The Four Tops) (d 10/17/08, age 72)
1939 Gary Anderson (aka Gary U.S. Bonds, singer)
1940 Larry Blankenburg Iaka Larry Lujack, DJ: WLS Chicago) (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: 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 (Men's Wimbleton champion)
1956 Marilyn Jones (actress)
1959 Amanda Pays (actress)
1960 Steve Vai (rock guitarist)
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 Muammar Gadhafi (Libyan dictator and terrorist for 42 years, orchestrated the 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)
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; U.S. 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)
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