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Posted on: Friday, January 27, 2006

A little heir of the Dog: Presidents 'n' pop idols

 •  Year of the Dog rolls out welcome waggin'

Advertiser Staff

A star was born in 1922: Judy Garland, whose role in 1954's "A Star is Born" collared an Oscar, was a Year of the Dog baby.

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And they call it puppy love: Britain's Prince William, born in 1982, is a bit of a heartthrob to many young women.

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Fashion designers, actors and actresses, singers, royalty, a couple of U.S. presidents, even the infamous leader in an infamous murder case, are among those born in Years of the Dog.

A few of the celebrity Dogs:

1922:

Bill Blass, fashion designer

Judy Garland, actress/singer

Pierre Cardin, fashion designer

Kurt Vonnegut, writer

Jack Kerouac, Beat Generation writer

1934:

Giorgio Armani, fashion designer

Ralph Nader, consumer activist and occasional presidential candidate

Sophia Loren, actress

Charles Manson, leader of the Manson Family of murderers

Jane Goodall, primate expert

Bill Moyers, journalist

1946:

Ivan Reitman, actor/director

Cher, singer

George W. Bush, U.S. president

Bill Clinton, former U.S. president

John Woo, director

Sylvester Stallone, actor

Donald Trump, billionaire developer

1958:

Steve Case, AOL founder (from Honolulu)

Joan Jett, rock singer

Madonna, pop star

Prince, rock star

Michael Jackson, pop star

Prince Albert II of Monaco

Kevin Bacon, actor

Alec Baldwin, actor

Simon LeBon, pop star (Duran Duran)

Tim Burton, director

Sharon Stone, actress

Michelle Pfeiffer, actress

Viggo Mortensen, actor

Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, music producer

Megan Mullally, actress ("Will & Grace")

Eve Plumb, actress (Jan on "Brady Bunch")

Andrea Bocelli, opera tenor

1970:

Beck, pop star

Jennifer Lopez, singer/actress

DMX, hip-hop artist

Mariah Carey, pop star

Uma Thurman, actress

Matt Damon, actor

Ani DiFranco, pop star

Queen Latifah, actress

1982:

Prince William of Great Britain

Tony Parker, San Antonio Spurs basketball player

Kirsten Dunst, actress

LeAnn Rimes, pop singer

Kelly Clarkson, the first "American Idol" winner

Andy Roddick, tennis star

Anne Hathaway, actress

Internet sources include who2.com, imbd.com and nndb.com.