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here are some other awesome people born on my brifday:

1643 - Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician and natural philosopher (d. 1727)
1785 - Jakob Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (d. 1863)
1809 - Louis Braille, French inventor of braille (d. 1852)
1881 - Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (d. 1919)
1896 - Andr Masson, French artist (d. 1987)
1900 - James Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989) (i dunno, but he is James Bond and i like birdies, so you know...)
1929 - Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist, sculptor
1932 - Carlos Saura, Spanish director
1935 - Floyd Patterson, American boxer (d. 2006)
1937 - Dyan Cannon, American actress
1940 - Helmut Jahn, German architect
1942 - John McLaughlin, English jazz guitarist
1954 - Eugene Chadbourne, American composer and musician
1955 - Mark Hollis, English musician and composer (Talk Talk)
1956 - Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer
1956 - Bernard Sumner, English musician (New Order, Joy Division, Electronic)
1958 - Matt Frewer, American actor (Max Headroom for those of you who aren't hip to it)
1958 - Julian Sands, British actor
1959 - Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese pop artist
1960 - Michael Stipe, American singer (R.E.M.)
1962 - Robin Guthrie, Scottish guitarist (Cocteau Twins)
1963 - Dave Foley, Canadian comedian and actor
1963 - Till Lindemann, German singer (Rammstein)
1965 - Yvan Attal, French actor and director (and husband to Charlotte Gainsbourg)
1965 - Beth Gibbons, English singer (Portishead)
1965 - Cait O'Riordan, British musician (The Pogues)
1965 - Julia Ormond, English actress
1967 - David Berman, American poet and singer/songwriter (Silver Jews)
1969 - DigDug, American fool