1899
Humphrey Bogart - An American film actor who often played tough crooks or detectives. Best known films include The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942) and The African Queen (1952).

1936
Princess Alexandra - Daughter of the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece.

1945
Alice Cooper - A pop music singer. (Real name Vincent Furnier.) His best selling record is School's Out, which headed the music charts in July, 1972.

1893
Robert Ripley - "Robert Leroy Ripley, artist, author, and radio broadcaster, was born on Christmas Day, 1893, in Santa Rosa, California. A talented, self-taught artist, Ripley sold his first drawing to Life magazine when he was only 14! He drew his cartoon every day between 7 am and 11 am -- always drawing it upside-down! He was a man who dressed in bright colors and patterns, wore bat-wing ties and two-toned spat shoes. He collected cars, but never learned to drive. Even though he often used complicated recording equipment for his broadcasts, associates remarked that he was afraid to use a telephone for fear he would be electrocuted! (story by who2.com)."

1907
Cab Calloway - In 1931, Cab recorded Minnie the Moocher, a trademark song that would remain his theme for his entire life. He soon after emerged as the irrepressible leader of a band that succeeded Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club. He became known as "The man in the zoot suit with the reet pleats," who brought a whole new slang vocabulary to the nation along with his own brand of music via early radio broadcasts and extensive touring in the 1930s and 40s.(story by Jazz.com)."

1913
Tony Martin - A popular crooner of the 1940s and '50s, Martin's deliberate delivery and romantic ballads were more in keeping with vintage movie musicals than the currents that would shape the pop music of the last half of the 20th century

1924
Rod Serling - "First Citizen of the Twilight Zone" "Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse." --Rod Serling.

1945
Gary Sandy- Played Andy Travis on the TV series "WKRP in Cincinnati"

1946
Jimmy Buffett - This laid-back performer grew up loving the ocean and the books of Ernest Hemingway. He started as a country singer, moved to Key West, and slipped into the comfortable folk-rock sound.

1948
Barbara Mandrell - Thanks to a string of hit singles and a popular television variety series, vocalist Barbara Mandrell was arguably the biggest female star in country music in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

1954
Annie Lennox - Annie's musical interest was evident to her parent from the time she was three years old, which ultimately led her to the Royal Academy of Music in London to study the flute. Although Annie's debut LP wasn't released until 1992, Annie is no stranger to musical success.

1958
Rickey Henderson - Began his Major League baseball career in 1979 with the Oakland Athletics. The 21 year-old played for 24 seasons on 8 different teams and was on an active roster during the most recent season.