From the ArcaMax Publishing, History & Quotes Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/quotes/s-569512-945886
Those born on this date include:
- Actor, singer, composer
George M. Cohan in 1878
- Welsh poet and writer William Henry
Davies ( The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp ) in 1871
- Czech
novelist Franz Kafka in 1883
- Actor George Sanders in 1906
- Journalist and columnist Dorothy Kilgallen in 1913
- Jerry
Gray, band leader, arranger for Glenn Miller, in 1915
- English
filmmaker Ken Russell in 1927 (age 82)
- Jazz clarinetist Pete
Fountain in 1930 (age 79)
- English playwright Tom Stoppard in
1937 (age 72)
- Humorist Dave Barry in 1947 (age 62)
-
Actress Betty Buckley in 1947 (age 62)
- Exiled Haitian dictator
Jean-Claude Baby Doc Duvalier in 1951 (age 58)
- Talk show
host Montel Williams in 1956 (age 53)
- Pop singer Laura
Branigan in 1957
- Actor Tom Cruise in 1962 (age 47)
-
Actor Thomas Gibson ( Dharma & Greg ) in 1962 (age 47)