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Famous birthdays for May 21: Mr. T, Tom Daley

By UPI Staff
Mr. T of the "A Team" series attends the NBC tv 75th Anniversary ceremonies held on May 5, 2002, at New York City's Rockerfeller Center. The actor turns 66 on May 21. File Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI
Mr. T of the "A Team" series attends the NBC tv 75th Anniversary ceremonies held on May 5, 2002, at New York City's Rockerfeller Center. The actor turns 66 on May 21. File Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI | License Photo

May 21 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini.

They include:

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-- German painter Albrecht Durer in 1471

-- King Philip II of Spain, who launched the Spanish Armada, in 1527

-- English poet and satirist Alexander Pope in 1688

-- French painter Henri Rousseau in 1844

-- French diplomat/Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leon Bourgeois in 1851

-- Architect Marcel Breuer in 1902

-- Composer and barrelhouse piano player Thomas "Fats" Waller in 1904

-- Singer Dennis Day in 1916

-- Actor Raymond Burr in 1917

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-- Hall of Fame football Coach Ara Parseghian in 1923

-- Actor Peggy Cass in 1924

-- Former baseball manager Bobby Cox in 1941 (age 77)

-- Singer Ronald Isley in 1941 (age 77)

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-- Former U.S. Sen./comedian Al Franken, D-Minn., in 1951 (age 67)

-- Convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in 1960

-- Actor Mr. T, born Lawrence Tureaud, in 1952 (age 66)

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-- Actor Lisa Edelstein in 1966 (age 52)

-- Rapper The Notorious B.I.G. in 1972

-- Singer Gotye, born Wouter "Wally" De Backer, in 1980 (age 38)

-- British Olympic diver Tom Daley in 1994 (age 24)

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