Matt Perry (Friends) born on the same year too!
Victoria Silverstedt
Jarvis Cocker
David Seaman
Twiggy
Jeremy Irons
John Coghlan Status Quo
Bill Medley
Ryan Dusick, American drummer (Maroon 5)
Pope Paul II
Samuel Pepys
Shogun Tokugawa of Japan
George Friedrich Handel
Mayer Amschel Rothschild
Geoff Cope (cricketer)
Satoru Nakajima (F1)
Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan
Michael Campbell (NZ golfer who lived or lives in Brighton)
Melinda Messenger
Herschelle Gibbs
Gareth Barry
Mirko Bergamasco (rugbyist)
Mido
Joseph Carey Merrick, "Elephant Man"
Neil Armstrong (frist man on the moon.....or was he !)
John Huston (first rate film director)
Ray Clemence (ex-England goalie)
Wayne Bridge (cuckolded LB)
Salomon Kalou (Chelski)
The missus matches up with the one and only Brighton (& future England) legend that is: Bobby Z ....I'm jealous!
1485 - Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII
1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy)
1775 - Jane Austen, England, novelist (Pride and Prejudice)
1899 - Noel Coward, England, playwright (In Which We Serve-1942 Acad Award)
1917 - Arthur C[harles] Clarke, sci-fi author (2001, 2010, Childhood's End)
1966 - Dennis Wise, English footballer
1881 - Alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954)
1911 - Lucille Ball, Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame)
1917 - Robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South)
1922 - Freddie Laker, CEO (Laker airlines)
1927 - Andy Warhol, McKeesport PA, artist/producer (Frankenstein, Bad)
1929 - Mike Elliott, (The Foundations)
1937 - Barbara Windsor, actress (Study in Terror)
1968 - Chris Boardman, English cyclist (world 1 hour record)
1971 - Scott Minto, English footballer
1972 - Geri Halliwell, slapper
1983 - Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
1971 - Adam Gilchrist, cricket wicket-keeper (hard-hit Australian ODI 1996
1985 - Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer
Same day as me: 1989 - Jake Livermore, English footballer