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1892 – Thomas Mitchell, actor (Tales of Tomorrow)

1913 – Cordwainer Smith, sci-fi author (Author, The Instrumentality of Mankind)

1920 – Yul Brynner (Westworld, Futureworld)

Yul Brynner in Westworld

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1920 – Patrick Wymark, actor (Journey to the Far Side of the Sun)

1922 – Gene Evans, actor (The Incredible Hulk, The Giant Behemoth, Science Fiction Theatre, Donovan’s Brain)

Gene Evans in The Giant Behemoth

1929 – David Kelly, actor (Stardust, Whoops Apocalypse)

1931 – Tab Hunter, actor (The Six Million Dollar Man)

1945 – Adrienne Barbeau (Swamp Thing)

1950 – Bruce McGill, actor ( Deep Core., Area 57, Star Trek: Voyager, Babylon 5, Timecop, Quantum Leap, The Man Who Fell to Earth)

1953 – Mindy Sterling, actress (UFOria)

1952 – Tim De Zarn, actor (Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: DS9, Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy, Star Trek: TNG, Quantum Leap)

1952 – Stephen Lang, actor (Avatar, Project X)

1956 – Sela Ward (The Day After Tomorrow)

1958 – Mark Lester, actor (Farhenheit 451, Spaceflight IC-1: An Adventure in Space)

1962 – Thomas Mitchell, actor (Tales of Tomorrow)

1963 – Lisa Rinna, actress (Robot Wars)

1964 – Greg Mottola, director (Paul)

1965 – Ray Collins, actor, d @ 75 (Science Fiction Theatre)

1966 – Greg Grunberg, actor (Big Ass Spider!, End of the World, Super 8, Heroes, Hollow Man, Frankenstein: The College Years)

1971 – John W. Campbell, sci-fi author / editor, d @ 61 (Space Beyond, Who Goes There? / Astounding Science Fiction, Analog)

1972 – Michael Rosenbaum, actor (Smallville)

1978 – Jonjo O’Neill, actor (Doctor Who)

Jonjo O’Neill in Doctor Who

1982 – Hailey Dawn Birnie, actress (Smallville)

1984 – Rachael Taylor, actress (Transformers, Man-Thing)

1984 – Serinda Swan, actress (The Tomorrow People, Creature, TRON: Legacy, Smallville)

1989 – Laurence Olivier, actor, d @ 82 (The Boys from Brazil)

1990 – Kelsey Sanders, actor (10,000 Days)

1997 – Contact released

2006 – Karen Mayo-Chandler, actress, d @ 48 (Dark Planet, Explorers)

2008 – Journey to the Center of the Earth released