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1924 – British comedian Benny Hill (d. 1992)
1938 – Legendary rock and roll disc jockey Wolfman Jack, born Robert Weston Smith (d. 1995)
1940 – Retired pro golf legend Jack Nicklaus, affectionately known as “The Golden Bear”
1941 – Grammy Award-winning operatic tenor Plácido Domingo, known as “King Of The Opera”
1963 – NBA Hall of Famer and former Houston Rockets star center Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon
1977 – Actor Jerry Trainor (“ER,” “Crossing Jordan,” “Drake & Josh,” “iCarly”)
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1924 – Actress Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton in the 1950s sitcom “The Honeymooners”
1928 – Baseball Hall of Famer Whitey Ford, who was a star pitcher for the New York Yankees
1942 – Judith Sheindlin, better known as TV’s “Judge Judy”
1959 – Actor Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai,” “Batman Begins,” “Inception,” “Godzilla”)
1980 – Socialite and reality TV star Kim Kardashian (“Keeping Up With The Kardashians”)
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1904 – Jazz pianist-bandleader Count Basie (d. 1984)
1924 – Sportscaster Jack Buck (d. 2002)
1932 – Actor-filmmaker-writer Melvin Van Peebles
1936 – Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain (d. 1999)
1958 – Entrepreneur and AOL co-founder Steve Case
1967 – Actress Carrie-Anne Moss (“The Matrix” trilogy, “Chocolat,” “Memento,” “Disturbia”)
1989 – Actress Hayden Panettiere (“One Life to Live,” “Racing Stripes,” “Heroes,” “Nashville”)
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1899 – Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway (d. 1961)
1920 – Grammy-winning violinist Isaac Stern (d. 2001)
1957 – Comedian-actor and “SNL” alum Jon Lovitz (“A League of Their Own,” “The Wedding Singer”)
1978 – Actor-producer Josh Hartnett (“Pearl Harbor,” “Black Hawk Down,” “Sin City”)