Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Year of the Mouse



Today is Chinese New Year’s Eve. According to the Chinese zodiac, this year is the year of the mouse (or rat). To commemorate this event, I have came out with a list of famous people born in the year of the mouse.

1996
Dolly the Sheep - World first cloned mammal

1984
Felicia Chin - Singapore actress
Prince Harry of Wales
Avril Lavigne - Canadian singer
Scarlett Johansson - American actress
LeBron James - American basketball player

1972
Ken Hirai平井 堅 - Japanese singer
Shaquille O'Neal - American basketball player
Jennifer Garner - American actress
The Rock - American actor and former professional wrestler
A-Mei 张惠妹 - Taiwanese singer
Ben Affleck, American actor
Sammi Cheng 郑秀文 - Hong Kong singer and actress
Cameron Diaz - American actress
Chris Tucker - American comedian
Jason Statham - British actor
Liam Gallagher - British singer (Oasis)
Gwyneth Paltrow - American actress
Eminem - American rapper
Luís Figo - Portuguese footballer
Takuya Kimura 木村 拓哉 - Japanese actor, singer
Jude Law - English actor

1960
Hugo Weaving - Australian actor
Bono - Irish singer (U2)
David Duchovny - American actor, plays Agent Fox Mulder in The X-Files
Antonio Banderas - Spanish actor
Hugh Grant - English actor
Jean-Claude Van Damme - Belgian actor
Julianne Moore - American actress
Sean Penn - Academy Award-winning American actor

1948
Sven-Göran Eriksson - Swedish football manager
Andrew Lloyd Webber - English composer
Steven Tyler - American singer (Aerosmith)
Al Gore - Former Vice President of the United States
Jean Reno - French actor
Samuel Hui 许冠杰 - Hong Kong singer
Olivia Newton-John - Australian singer and actress
Prince Charles of Wales
Samuel L. Jackson - American actor

1936
Robert Redford - American actor, director

1924
S. R. Nathan - 6th President of Singapore
Marlon Brando - The Godfather

1756
Mozart - Renown classical composer

1732
George Washington - First President of the United States

1564
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