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1897 – Rouben Mamoulian, director (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

1910 – Kirk Alyn, actor (Superman, When Worlds Collide, Beginning of the End, Superman 1978, Battlestar Galactica, Time Warp)

1920 – Frank [Patrick] Herbert, sci-fi author (Dune)

1922 – Eileen Essell, actress (Torchwood, Clone)

1930 – James Olsen, actor (Andromeda Strain, Project U.F.O., Battlestar Galactica, The Bionic Woman, Strange New World, The Andromeda Strain, Moon Zero Two)

1935 – Sue Randall, actress (My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone)

1943 – Chevy Chase, actor (Hot Tub Time Machine, Memoirs of an Invisible Man)

1944 – William Broyles, writer (Planet of the Apes)

1948 – James Harper, actor (Armageddon, Star Trek: DS9, Quantum Leap)

1949 – Sigourney Weaver, actress (Alien series, Galaxy Quest, Avatar)

Sigourney Weaver in Alien

1951 – Terry Hayes, writer (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior)

1954 – Michael Dudikoff, actor (TRON, Zombie Break Room, Cyberjack)

1955 – Darrell Hammond, actor (3rd Rock from the Sun)

1959 – Brad Greenquist, actor (Heroes, Star Trek: Enterprise, Stargate SG-1, Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: Voyager, Mutants in Paradise)

1961 – Simon Burke, actor (Pitch Black)

1965 – Burr Steers, director (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies)

1965 – Igor Jijikine, actor (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)

1965 – Peter Greene, actor (Earthling)

1965 – Ardal O’Hanlon, actress (Doctor Who)

Ardal O’ Hanlon in Doctor Who

1968 – Emily Proctor, actress (Lois & Clark)

1969 – Jeremy Davies, actor (Solaris)

1969 – Dylan Neal, actor (Smallville, Stargate: Atlantis, Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, War of the Worlds)

 

 

 

 

 

1970 – Matt Damon, actor (Interstellar, The Zero Theorem, Elysium, Contagion, The Adjustment Bureau, The Martian)

Matt Damon in The Martian

 

 

 

 

 

1979 – Kristanna Loken (Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines, Sliders, Star Trek: Voyager, Lois & Clark, Aliens in the Family, Conquest)

Kristanna Loken in Terminator 3

1979 – Emmaline Henry, actress, d @ 50 (The Munsters)

1982 – Fernando Lamas, actor, d @ 67 (Lost World)

1983 – Joan Hackett, actress, d @ 49 (The Terminal Man, Twilight Zone)

1985 – Theresa Harris, actress, d @ 78 (I Walked with a Zombie)

1986 – Michael Obiora, actor (Doctor Who)

1993 – Demolition Man released

1996 – William Prince, actor, d @ 83 (Spontaneous Combustion, The Cat from Outer Space, The Invisible Man, Tales of Tomorrow)