1939 KATHY WHITWORTH

American golfer

Whitworth won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments. In 1981, she became the first woman to reach career earnings of more than $1 million. She won a total of six Major championships.

1942 DITH PRAN

Cambodian photojournalist

Pran survived the Cambodian genocide. In 1975, he and New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg remained in Cambodia to record the fall of the capital, Phnom Penh, to the communist Khmer Rouge. Pran was the subject of the 1984 film The Killing Fields.

1947 MEAT LOAF American singer

Meat Loaf has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide. It is estimated the successful 1977 album Bat Out of Hell still sells close to 200,000 copies each year. He has also appeared in more than 50 movies and television programs.