Desi Arnaz was a Cuban-born actor and musician who is remembered for his marriage to Lucille Ball and their TV show, I Love Lucy.
1917-1986
Shoko Asahara, founder of the religious cult Aum Shinrikyo, was convicted of masterminding the 1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. He was sentenced to death in 2004.
1955-
Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton is best known for the highly publicized case surrounding the 1980 disappearance of her daughter Azaria, in the Northern Territory of Australia.
1948-
Daniel Craig is an English actor who has played a wide varity of roles but is best known for playing the most recent incarnation of James Bond.
1968-
Computer scientist and engineer Mark Dean is credited with helping develop a number of landmark technologies, including the color PC monitor, the Industry Standard Architecture system bus and the first gigahertz chip.
1957-
Mikhail Gorbachev was the first president of the Soviet Union, serving from 1990 to 1991. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for contributing to the break-up of the USSR.
1931-
Laird Hamilton is an athlete, surfer, model and television host. He is one of today’s best known big wave surfers.
1964-
Statesman Samuel Houston was a key political figure in the creation of the state of Texas. He was elected the first president of the Republic of Texas in 1836.
1793-1863
Actress Bryce Dallas Howard, daughter of Ron Howard, played Victoria in the third Twilight film and starred in M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village.
1981-
Robert Iler is an American actor best known for his role as A.J. Sporano on the popular HBO show The Sopranos.
1985-
Award-winning, bestselling American novelist John Irving is known for works like The Cider House Rules and The World According to Garp.
1942-
Jennifer Jones was an American actress best known for her Academy Award-winning performance in the film The Song of Bernadette.
1919-2009
Musician and actor Jon Bon Jovi is best known as the lead singer and founder of the rock band Bon Jovi.
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1938-
Chris Martin is lead singer, rhythm guitarist and pianist for the alternative band Coldplay, which has won two Grammy awards one being for its debut album.
1977-
Lou Reed is a singer and guitarist best known as a co-founder of the influential rock group the Velvet Underground and as solo artist.
1942-
Robert II was king of Scotland from 1371 to 1390, and is best known for his largely ineffectual reign.
1316-1390
1941-
Throughout his career, cartoonist and writer Dr. Seuss published 60 children's books, including The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham.
1904-1991
Tom Wolfe is a journalist and best-selling author well known as a proponent of the New Journalism, using fiction-writing techniques in journalism.
1931-