ελληνικό φόρουμ - από το 1997

Elizabeth I (1533-1603): England's "Virgin Queen"

Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985): novelist; also, writers Elinor Wylie (1885-1928) and Edith Sitwell (1887-1964)

Buddy Holly (1936-1959): rock and roller, "Peggy Sue"; also, musicians Arthur Ferrante (89), Sonny Rollins (80), Gloria Gaynor (61), Chrissie Hynde (59), Benmont Tench (57) and Michael Feinstein (54)

Evan Rachel Wood (23): actress, Once and Again, The Wrestler; also, actors Anthony Quayle (1913-1989), Peter Lawford (1923-1984), Julie Kavner (59), Michael Emerson and Corbin Bernsen (both 56), W. Earl Brown (47), Tom Everett Scott (40), Shannon Elizabeth (37) and Oliver Hudson (34)

Marie-Joseph Lafayette (1757-1834): French general who aided colonists in the American Revolution

John Dalton (1766-1844): scientist who researched color blindness, known as Daltonism; scientists J.J.R. Macleod (1876-1936), Walter Robert Dornberger (1895-1980) and Luis Leloir (1906-1987) were also born on this date

Jane Addams: social reformer who founded Chicago's Hull House settlement (1860-1935)

Jeff Foxworthy (52): actor, comedian and host of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?; other actors born on this date include JoAnne Worley (73), Swoosie Kurtz (66), Jane Curtin (63), Rosie Perez (46), Dylan Bruno, Idris Elba and Anika Noni Rose (all 38), Justin Whalin (36) and Naomie Harris (34)

Elizabeth Vargas (48): broadcast journalist, 20/20

Foxy Brown (31): rapper; musicians David Allen Coe (71), Mel McDaniel (68), Roger Waters (67), Buddy Miller (58), Scott Travis (49), Macy Gray (43) and CeCe Peniston (41) share this birth date

Jesse James (1847-1882): outlaw of the American Old West

Werner Herzog (68): director, screenwriter and producer; filmmakers Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979) and Dennis Dugan (64) were also born on this date

John Cage (1912-1992): avant garde composer; plus, musicians Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), Loudon Wainwright III (64), Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) and Dweezil Zappa (41)

Raquel Welch (70): actor, sex symbol; also, actors Bob Newhart (81), Carol Lawrence (78), William Devane (73), George Lazenby (71), Michael Keaton (59), Kristian Alfonso (47) and Rose McGowan (37)

Louis XIV (1638-1715): king of France and Navarre

Jesse James (1847-1882): outlaw of the American Old West

Werner Herzog (68): director, screenwriter and producer; filmmakers Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979) and Dennis Dugan (64) were also born on this date

John Cage (1912-1992): avant garde composer; plus, musicians Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), Loudon Wainwright III (64), Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) and Dweezil Zappa (41)

Raquel Welch (70): actor, sex symbol; also, actors Bob Newhart (81), Carol Lawrence (78), William Devane (73), George Lazenby (71), Michael Keaton (59), Kristian Alfonso (47) and Rose McGowan (37)

Lewis Latimer (1848-1928): inventor, made improvements to the lightbulb