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- JANUARY
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- January 3
- Victor Borge, Danish comedian and musician (1909).
- David Vine, English sports commentator (1936).
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- January 4
- John McLaughlin, blues and jazz guitarist (1943).
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- January 5
- Robert Duvall, American film actor (1931).
- Diane Keaton, American film actress (1946).
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- January 6
- Sylvia Syms, British actress famous for the 'Carry-on' film series (1934).
- Rowan Atkinson, English comedy actor (1957).
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- January 8
- Elvis Presley, American rock singer (1935).
- Shirley Bassey, singer (1937).
- David Bowie, English pop singer and songwriter (1947).
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- January 9
- Susannah York, English film actress (1942).
- Clive Dunn, English TV actor and comedian (1922).
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- January 10
- Freddie Starr, comedian (1944).
- Rod Stewart, Scottish rock singer and songwriter (1946).
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- January 11
- John Sessions, actor and comedian (1953).
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- January 12
- Michael Aspel, TV presenter (1933).
- Des O'Connor, comedian and singer (1932).
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- January 13
- Stephen Hendry, snooker player (1969).
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- January 15
- Frank Bough, TV presenter (1933).
- J. Blake, Welsh celebrity (1964).
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- January 18
- Dr David Bellamy, botanist (1933).
- Kevin Costner, American actor (1955).
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- January 19
- Michael Crawford, actor and singer (1942).
- Dolly Parton, American country singer, songwriter and actress (1946).
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- January 20
- Tom Baker, actor (1936).
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- January 21
- Placido Domingo, Spanish opera singer (1941).
- Vic Reeves, English comedian (1959).
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- January 22
- John Hurt, actor (1940).
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- January 24
- Neil Diamond, singer and songwriter (1941).
- Jools Holland, English musician (1959).
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- January 28
- Alan Alda, US TV and film actor (1936).
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- January 29
- Tom Selleck, US TV and film actor (1945).
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- January 30
- Gene Hackman, US film actor (1932).
- Phil Collins, English pop singer and songwriter (1951).
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- FEBRUARY
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- February 2
- David Jason, English TV actor (1940).
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- February 4
- Norman Wisdom, comedian (1920).
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- February 5
- Frank Muir, writer and broadcaster (1920).
- Charlotte Rampling, actress (1946).
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- February 6
- Axl Rose, lead singer of American rock group 'Guns n' Roses' (1962).
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- February 7
- Derek Jenkins, English celebrity (1947).
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- February 9
- Mia Farrow, US actress (1945).
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- February 11
- Leslie Nielson, American comedy film actor (1926).
- Burt Reynolds, US film actor (1936).
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- February 13
- Oliver Reed, actor (1938).
- Sonia, English pop singer (1975).
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- February 14
- Peter Gabriel, English rock singer and songwriter (1950).
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- February 18
- John Travolta, American film actor and dancer (1954).
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- February 19
- Seal, English pop singer and songwriter (1963).
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- February 20
- Jimmy Greaves, TV commentator and ex-footballer (1940).
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- February 22
- Bruce Forsythe, TV presenter and entertainer (1928).
- Drew Barrymore, American film actress (1975).
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- February 25
- George Harrison, singer and former member of the Beatles (1943).
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- February 26
- Sandy Shaw, singer (1947).
- Johnny Cash, singer (1932).
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- MARCH
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- March 2
- Jon Bon Jovi, American rock singer of 'Bon Jovi' rock group (1962).
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- March 4
- Patsy Kensit, English singer and actress (1968).
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- March 5
- Elaine Page, English musical actress (1952).
- Craig and Charles Reid, Scottish musical brothers known as 'The Proclaimers' (1962).
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- March 7
- Rik Mayall, English TV comedy actor (1958).
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- March 10
- Neneh Cherry, English singer (1964).
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- March 12
- Liza Minnelli, US actress and singer (1946).
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- March 13
- Adam Clayton, Irish member of rock group U2 (1960).
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- March 15
- Terence Trent D'Arby, English pop singer and songwriter (1962).
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- March 19
- Bruce Willis, American film actor, husband of Demi Moore (1955).
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- March 22
- William Shatner, American star of Star Trek (1931).
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- March 23
- Barry Cryer, writer and comedian (1935).
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- March 25
- Elton John, English pop singer and songwriter (1947).
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- March 26
- Leonard Nimoy, US screen actor (1931).
- Diana Ross, US singer (1944).
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- March 29
- John Suchet, TV reporter and newscaster (1944).
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- March 30
- Warren Beatty, US actor (1937).
- Eric Clapton, musician and singer (1945).
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- APRIL
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- April 1
- Jean-Claude Van-Damme, Dutch action film actor (1966).
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- April 2
- Linford Christie, athlete (1960).
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- April 3
- Marlon Brando, US actor (1924).
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- April 6
- Paul Daniels, stage magician (1938).
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- April 8
- Julian Lennon, musician (1963).
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- April 11
- Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer and songwriter (1966).
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- April 12
- Shannen Doherty, American TV actress (1971).
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- April 13
- Peter Davison, actor (1951).
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- April 14
- Julian Lloyd Webber, cellist (1951).
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- April 15
- Emma Thompson, actress (1959).
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- April 16
- Sir Peter Ustinov, actor and writer (1921).
- Ruth Madoc, actress (1943).
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- April 19
- Dudley Moore, actor (1935).
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- April 20
- Luther Vandross, American soul singer and songwriter (1951).
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- April 24
- Paula Yates, English TV presenter (1960).
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- April 25
- Al Pacino, US film actor (1940).
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- April 27
- Sheena Easton, Scottish pop singer (1959).
- K. Wilson, Scottish celebrity (1971).
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- April 29
- Michelle Pfeiffer, American film actress (1958).
- Duke Ellington, American composer and band leader (1899).
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- MAY
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- May 1
- Joanna Lumley, English TV actress of 'Absolutely Fabulous' (1947).
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- May 2
- Bing Crosby, American singer and film actor (1901).
- Jimmy White, English snooker player (1962).
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- May 3
- James Brown, American soul and funk singer (1933).
- Ben Elton, English comedian and writer (1957).
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- May 4
- Terry Scott, English comedy actor (1927).
- Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-actress (1929).
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- May 5
- Michael Palin, English comedy actor, traveller and member of Monty Python (1943).
- Richard E Grant, English actor (1957).
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- May 6
- Stewart Granger, English film actor (1913).
- Orson Welles, American actor and director (1915).
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- May 7
- Anne Baxter, American film actress (1923).
- Richard O'Sullivan, British TV actor (1944).
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- May 8
- David Attenborough, English naturalist and broadcaster (1926).
- Gary Glitter, English rock singer (1940).
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- May 9
- Alan Bennett, English playwright and actor (1934).
- Billy Joel, American singer and songwriter (1949).
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- May 10
- Fred Astaire, American dancer (1899).
- Bono (Paul Hewson), Irish lead singer of rock group U2 (1960).
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- May 11
- Phil Silvers, American actor and 'Sergeant Bilko' character (1912).
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- May 12
- Ian Dury, English singer (1942).
- Emilio Estevez, American film actor (1962).
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- May 13
- Peter Gabriel, English rock singer, former lead singer of the rock group 'Genesis' (1950).
- Stevie Wonder, blind American Motown singer and songwriter (1950).
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- May 14
- Eric Morecambe, English comedian and partner of Ernie Wise (1926).
- David Byrne, singer and songwriter of pop group 'Talking Heads' (1952).
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- May 15
- Anthony Shaffer, English playwrite (1926).
- Brian Eno, musician and composer, formerly of the pop group 'Roxy Music' (1948).
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- May 16
- Liberace, flamboyant American pianist (1919).
- Janet Jackson, sister of Michael Jackson (1966).
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- May 17
- Dennis Potter, English playwrite (1935).
- Enya, Irish singer and songwriter (1961).
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- May 18
- Rick Wakeman, rock composer and former member of the rock group 'Yes' (1949).
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- May 19
- Pete Townsend, English musician and former member of the rock group 'Who' (1945).
- Victoria Wood, English comedienne (1953).
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- May 20
- Joe Cocker, English rock singer (1944).
- Cher, American actress and singer (1946).
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- May 21
- Fats Waller, American jazz pianist and composer (1904).
- Desmond Wilcox, English producer and husband of Esther Rantzen (1931).
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- May 22
- Bernie Taupin, lyricist partner of Elton John (1950).
- Morrissey, British pop singer (1959).
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- May 23
- Joan Collins, English actress (1933).
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- May 24
- Bob Dylan, American folk singer and songwriter (1941).
- Priscilla Presley, American widow of Elvis Presley (1945).
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- May 25
- Miles Davies, American jazz trumpeter (1926).
- Paul Weller, English pop singer and songwriter (1958).
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- May 26
- Al Jolson, American singer and entertainer (1886).
- John Wayne, American film actor (1907).
- Peter Cushing, English horror actor (1913).
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- May 27
- Christopher Lee, English horror actor (1922).
- Cilla Black, English 60s pop singer and TV presenter (1943).
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- May 28
- Gladys Knight, Motown soul singer (1944).
- Kylie Minogue, Australian actress and singer (1968).
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- May 29
- Bob Hope, American comedian and film actor (1903).
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- May 31
- Clint Eastwood, American film actor and director (1930).
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- JUNE
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- June 1
- Jason Donovan, Australian singer (1968).
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- June 2
- Johnny Weissmuller, Romanian Olympic swimming champion and actor (1904).
- Charlie Watts, drummer of the rock group Rolling Stones (1941).
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- June 5
- Marky Mark, American lead singer of pop group 'New Kids on the Block' (1971).
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- June 6
- Bjorn Borg, Swedish tennis player (1956).
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- June 7
- Tom Jones, Welsh singer (1940).
- Prince, American pop singer and songwriter (1958).
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- June 8
- Mick Hucknall, British singer and songwriter of pop group 'Simply Red' (1960).
- D. Petitt, English celebrity (1969).
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- June 9
- Cole Porter, American composer of musicals (1893).
- Johnny Depp, American film actor (1963).
- Michael J Fox, American film actor (1961).
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- June 10
- Julie Garland, American film actress and singer (1922).
- Lionel Jeffries, English actor and dancer (1926).
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- June 11
- Gene Wilder, American comedy actor (1935).
- Hugh Laurie, English actor (1959).
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- June 13
- Basil Rathbone, English actor (1892).
- Malcolm McDowell, English actor (1943).
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- June 14
- Mike Yarwood, English impersonator (1941).
- Boy George, English pop singer and songwriter (1961).
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- June 15
- Simon Callow, English actor (1949).
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- June 16
- Arthur Stanley Jefferson, known as Stan Laurel, English comedian and partner of Oliver Hardy
- (1890).
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- June 17
- Beryl Reid, English stage, screen and radio actress (1920).
- Barry Manilow, American singer (1946).
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- June 18
- Paul McCartney, English singer and songwriter, member of pop group Beatles (1942).
- Garfield, the world's most popular cat (1978).
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- June 19
- Kathleen Turner, American actress (1954).
- Paula Abdul, American pop singer (1963).
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- June 20
- Catherine Cookson, novelist (1906).
- Cyndi Lauper, American singer (1953).
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- June 21
- Jane Russell, American film actress (1921).
- Maurice Saatchi, British advertising guru (1946).
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- June 22
- Prunella Scales, English actress (1932).
- Meryl Streep, American film actress (1949).
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- June 23
- Adam Faith, English singer and TV actor (1940).
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- June 24
- Jeff Beck, American rock guitarist (1944).
- Mick Fleetwood, founder of the pop group Fleetwood Mac (1947).
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- June 25
- Carly Simon, American singer and songwriter (1945).
- George Michael, English pop singer and songwriter (1963).
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- June 26
- Georgie Fame, English singer (1943).
- Chris Isaak, American singer and songwriter (1956).
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- June 27
- Little Eva, American singer famous for 'The Locomotion' song (1945).
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- June 28
- Mel Brooks, American comedian and director (1926).
- John Inman, British TV actor (1935).
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- June 29
- Ian Paice, drummer of the rock group 'Deep Purple' (1948).
- Colin Hay, member of the Australian pop group 'Men at Work' (1953).
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- JULY
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- July 1
- Debbie Harry, lead singer of the pop group 'Blondie' (1945).
- Dan Aykroyd, American comedy actor (1953).
- Pamela Anderson, American star of TV Baywatch (1967).
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- July 3
- Ken Russell, English film director (1927)
- Tom Cruise, American film actor (1962).
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- July 4
- Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpet player, distinctive singer and a major influence on
- Dixieland jazz (1900).
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- July 6
- Bill Haley, American member of the band 'Bill Haley And The Comets' (1925).
- Sylvester Stallon, American action film (1950).
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- July 7
- John Pertwee, English actor (1919).
- Ringo Starr, English drummer of the Beatles pop group (1940).
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- July 8
- Andy Fletcher, British member of the pop group 'Depeche Mode' (1961).
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- July 9
- Barbara Cartland, English novelist (1901).
- Tom Hanks, American film actor and double academy award winner (1956).
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- July 10
- Neil Tennant, English singer and songwriter of pop group 'Pet Shop Boys' (1954).
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- July 11
- Richie Sambora, guitarist of the rock group 'Bon Jovi' (1959).
- Suzanne Vega, American pop singer and songwriter (1959).
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- July 12
- Bill Cosby, American comedian (1937).
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- July 13
- Patrick Stewart, British Shakespearian actor, noted for his role in 'Star Trek, The Next
- Generation' (1940).
- Harrison Ford, American film actor (1942).
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- July 14
- Woody Guthrie, American folk singer (1912).
- Sue Lawley, English TV news presenter (1946).
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- July 15
- Linda Ronstadt, American pop singer (1946).
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- July 16
- Barbara Stanwyck, or Ruby Stevens, American actress (1907).
- Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer (1911).
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- July 17
- James Cagney, American actor (1899).
- Tim Brooke-Taylor, English actor, write and member of the 'Goodies' (1940).
- Wayne Sleep, English dancer and choreographer (1948).
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- July 18
- Richard Branson, entrepreneur and founder of Virgin Group (1950).
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- July 19
- Alan Gorrie, member of rock group 'Average White Band' (1946).
- Brian May, English guitarist of rock group 'Queen' (1947).
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- July 20
- Carlos Santana, founder of rock group Santana (1947).
- Slash, member of the American rock group 'Guns n' Roses' (1965).
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- July 21
- Dr Jonathan Miller, English theatre, opera and film director (1934).
- Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (1952).
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- July 22
- Terence Stamp, English actor and author (1938).
- Bonnie Langford, English actress and dancer (1964).
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- July 23
- David Essex, English singer and actor (1947).
- Martin Gore, British member of pop group 'Depeche Mode' (1961).
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- July 24
- Lynda Carter, American actress (1951).
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- July 26
- Helen Mirren, British stage and screen actress (1946).
- P. Barnham, English celebrity (1972).
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- July 27
- Christopher Dean, English ice-skater (1958)
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- July 30
- Sir Clive Sinclair, English inventor (1940).
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American action film actor (1947).
- Daley Thompson, Olympic gold medal-winning athlete (1958).
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- July 31
- Jonathan Dimbleby, television presenter and journalist (1944).
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- AUGUST
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- August 2
- Alan Whicker, TV presenter (1925).
- Peter O'Toole, Irish actor best known for his portrayal of Lawrence of Arabia (1932).
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- August 3
- Terry Wogan, television and radio presenter (1938).
- Martin Sheen, US actor (1940).
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- August 6
- Robert Mitchum, US film actor (1917).
- Barbara Windsor, English actress (1937).
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- August 7
- Alexei Sayle, stand-up comedian, writer and actor (1952).
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- August 8
- Andy Warhol, US painter and film painter (1931).
- Dustin Hoffman, US actor (1937).
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- August 9
- M. Jackson, English celebrity (1974).
- Melanie Griffith, US actress (1957).
- Whitney Houston, American pop singer (1963).
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- August 10
- Rosanna Arquette, (1959).
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- August 12
- Mark Knopfler, lead guitarist and singer with Dire Straits (1949).
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- August 16
- Madonna, American rock singer (1958).
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- August 17
- Robert de Niro, Oscar-winning US actor (1943).
- Belinda Carlisle, American pop singer (1958).
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- August 18
- Robert Redford, US actor and director (1937).
- Patrick Swayze, American film actor (1952).
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- August 20
- Jim Bowen, English entertainer and presenter (1937).
- Robert Plant, singer (1948).
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- August 21
- Barry Norman, English author, journalist and film critic (1933).
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- August 22
- Steve Davis, English snooker player (1957).
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- August 23
- Keith Moon, flamboyant drummer with The Who (1947).
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- August 24
- Stephen Fry, English writer and actor (1957).
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- August 25
- Sean Connery, British film actor (1930).
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- August 28
- Windsor Davies, British comedy actor (1930).
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- August 29
- Richard Gere, US actor (1949).
- Lenny Henry, comedian and actor (1958).
- Michael Jackson, American rock singer and songwriter (1958).
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- August 31
- Larry Grayson, English entertainer (1930).
- Roy Castle, English entertainer (1932).
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- SEPTEMBER
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- September 1
- Barry Gibb, Singer, producer and guitarist with the Bee Gees (1946).
- Gloria Estefan, American pop singer (1957).
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- September 3
- Pauline Collins, English actress of stage television and film (1940).
- Charlie Sheen, American film actor (1965).
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- September 5
- Raquel Welch, American film actress (1942).
- Freddy Mercury, flamboyant lead singer with Queen (1946).
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- September 6
- Bernie Winters, English comedian (1932).
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- September 7
- Buddy Holly, US rock singer (1936).
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- September 8
- Sir Harry Secombe, English singer, actor, presenter and former member of 'The Goons'
- (1921).
- Peter Sellers, English actor, television and radio comedian, and former member of 'The Goons'
- (1925).
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- September 9
- Otis Redding, US singer (1941).
- Dave Stewart, English musician and songwriter, member of pop group Eurythmics (1952).
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- September 12
- Maurice Chevalier, French actor and entertainer (1888).
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- September 16
- B B King, blues singer and guitarist (1925).
- Peter Falk, US actor, most familiarly known as 'Columbo' (1927).
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- September 17
- Anne Bancroft, US actress who won an Oscar for 'The Miracle Worker' in 1962 (1931).
- Desmond Lynam, TV sports journalist (1942).
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- September 18
- Greta Garbo, Swedish actress who became one of Hollywood's most legendary stars (1905).
- Russ Abbot, English TV comedian(1948).
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- September 21
- Stephen King, novelist (1948).
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- September 23
- Bruce Springsteen, American rock singer and songwriter (1949).
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- September 25
- Michael Douglas, US actor (1944).
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- September 28
- Brigitte Bardot, French film actress (1934).
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- OCTOBER
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- October 2
- Sting, English singer and songwriter, member of pop group 'Police' (1951).
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- October 4
- Buster Keaton, American comic silent film actor (1895).
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- October 5
- Bob Geldof, Irish singer of pop group 'Boomtown Rats', founder of Live Aid concerts (1954).
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- October 6
- Melvyn Bragg, writer and TV presenter (1939).
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- October 10
- Chris Lowe, English singer and songwriter of pop group 'Pet Shop Boys' (1959).
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- October 11
- Dawn French, English comedy writer and actress, wife of comedian Lennie Henry (1957).
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- October 12
- Luciano Pavarotti, Italian opera singer (1935).
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- October 14
- Cliff Richard, English pop singer (1940).
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- October 17
- Harry Carpenter, journalist and TV commentator on boxing (1925).
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- October 18
- Chuck Berry, rock and roll singer (1926).
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- October 20
- Mark King, English lead singer of pop group 'Level 42' (1958).
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- October 21
- Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter (1917).
- Carrie Fisher, US film actress and author (1956).
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- October 22
- Catherine Deneuve, French film actress (1943).
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- October 26
- Bob Hoskins, actor (1942).
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- October 27
- John Cleese, English comedian and writer, co-founder of Monty Python's Flying Circus
- (1939).
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- October 28
- Julia Roberts, American film actress (1967).
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- October 29
- Winona Ryder, American film actress (1971).
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- NOVEMBER
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- November 3
- Roseanne Arnold, American TV comedian (1952).
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- November 5
- Bryan Adams, Canadian rock singer and songwriter (1959).
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- November 6
- Frank Carson, comedian (1926).
- Nigel Havers, actor (1949).
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- November 7
- Su Pollard, TV actress (1949).
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- November 9
- Katherine Hepburn, US film actress (1909).
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- November 11
- Demi Moore, American film actress, wife of Bruce Willis (1962).
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- November 13
- Whoopi Goldberg, American film comedian and actress (1955).
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- November 15
- Petula Clark, singer and actress (1934).
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- November 17
- Jonathan Ross, English TV presenter (1960).
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- November 19
- Calvin Klein, US fashion designer (1942).
- Jodie Foster, US actress (1963).
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- November 21
- Goldie Hawn, US film actress (1945).
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- November 22
- Terry Gilliam, animator, writer and director (1940).
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- November 24
- Billy Connolly, comedian (1942).
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- November 26
- Tina Turner, American pop singer (1940).
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- November 29
- John Mayall, vocalist and guitarist (1933).
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- November 30
- Billy Idol, English rock singer (1955).
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- DECEMBER
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- December 1
- Woody Allen, US film actor, writer, director and former stand-up comedian (1935).
- Bette Midler, American film comedian and singer (1945).
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- December 3
- Ozzy Osbourne, English rock singer of rock group 'Black Sabbath' (1948).
- Mel Smith, actor and comedian (1952).
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- December 4
- Ronnie Corbett, comedian (1930).
- Jeff Bridges, US film actor (1949).
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- December 5
- José Carreras, Spanish operatic tenor (1946).
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- December 6
- Jonathan King, broadcaster and pop producer (1944).
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- December 8
- Kim Bassinger, American film actress (1953).
- Sinead O'Connor, Irish singer and songwriter (1966).
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- December 10
- Kenneth Branagh, actor (1960).
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- December 13
- Jim Davidson, comedian (1954).
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- December 14
- V Mills, celebrity (1971).
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- December 15
- Don Johnson, American TV actor (1958).
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- December 16
- Arthur C Clarke, science fact and fiction writer (1917).
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- December 18
- Brad Pitt, American film actor (1965).
- Steven Spielberg, American film maker and director (1947).
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- December 20
- Bo Derek, US film actress (1957).
- Billy Bragg, British singer and songwriter (1958).
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- December 21
- Kiefer Sutherland, American film actor (1966).
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- December 22
- Noel Edmonds, TV presenter (1948).
- Maurice and Robin Gibb, members of the Bee Gees pop group (1949).
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- December 24
- Lemmy, British member of rock group Motorhead (1944).
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- December 25
- Annie Lennox, singer of pop group Eurythmics (1954).
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- December 28
- Nigel Kennedy, violinist (1956).
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- December 30
- Tracy Ullman, actress and comedienne (1959).
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- December 31
- Anthony Hopkins, actor (1937).
- Ben Kingsley, actor (1943).
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