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By definition, Baby Boomers are those persons born between the years 1946 and 1964 inclusive, however there were people born outside of those dates who influenced the Baby Boomer years and in many ways were an essential part of them. Though not strictly Baby Boomers, having been born either too early or too late, they deserve some recognition. After all, Baby Boomers did adopt The Who song, 'My Generation' as their own, believing that it referred to them. Pete Townshend, who wrote the song, was in fact born seven months before the Baby Boomer generation began, so by definition, he's not a Baby Boomer. Thus, when he writes about 'my generation' he's technically not talking about Baby Boomers at all!
To be fair then, since Baby Boomers took Pete's song and made it their own, Boomers are under some sort of obligation to take Pete and the rest of 'his generation' (The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan etc) and make them part of 'their' generation too. This must also apply to the tail-enders, who must not be denied the joys of Baby Boomerhood just because their parents took their time answering the Government's call to populate or perish. And besides, who wouldn't want to be have the likes of Nicole Kidman, Mick Doohan, Princess Stephanie of Monaco, Mark Woodforde, Tina Arena and the creator of Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, as part of their generation?
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AUSTRALIANS
Born Too Early
- Abigail (Abigail Rogan), actress (1945)
- Glenn Shorrock, singer (June 1944)
- Ray Martin, television personality (Dec 1944)
- Johnny Young, singer, songwriter
- Paul Keating (right), Prime Minister of Australia (Jan 1944)
- John Williams, guitarist (April 1941)
- Helen Reddy, singer and actress (Oct 1941)
- John Newcombe, tennis player (May 1944)
- Peter Weir, film director (Aug 1944)
- Ian Chappell, cricketer, batsman and captain for SA and Australia (Sept 1943)
- Arthur Beetson, Rugby League player (Jan 1945)
- Michael Willesee, television personality, producer (June 1942)
- Tony Roche, tennis player (1945)
- Anne Fairhurst Summers, writer, feminist and historian (March 1945)
- Prof. Michael Archer, former Director, Australian Museum (1945)
- Peter Brock, racing driver (Feb 1945)
Born Too Late
- Pat Cash, tennis player (May 1965)
- Tina Arena, singer (Nov 1967)
- Nicole Kidman, actress (June 1967)
- Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer (June 1965)
- Mark Woodforde, tennis player (Sept 1965)
- Brian Greig, Australian statesman (1966)
- Lisa Lim, composer (Feb 1966)
- Steve Waugh, cricketers (June 1965)
- Mark Waugh, cricketers (June 1965)
- Mick Doohan, motorcycle racer (June 1955)
- Constantine Koukias, composer (0ct 1965)
- Anna Burke, politician (Jan 1966)
- Brian Greig, statesman (Feb 1966)
- Steve Bastoni, actor (March 1966)
- Tony Lockett, AFL footballer (March 1966)
- Keith Urban, country music singer (Oct 1967)
- Kylie Minogue, singer (May 1968)
- Jason Donovan, actor and singer (June 1968)
- Julian McMahon, actor (July 1968)
- Eric Bana, actor (Aug 1968)
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Paul Keating
Nicole kidman
Ian Chappell
Sarah Jessica Parker
Paul Simon
Goldie Hawn
Kylie Minogue
Eric Bana
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INTERNATIONAL
Born Too Early
- Bob Dylan, singer, songwriter (May 1941)
- Paul Simon, singer songwriter (Oct 1941)
- The Beatles, singers (1940-43)
- Mick Jagger, singer (July 1943)
- Brian Wilson, singer songwriter, The Beach Boys (June 1942)
- Björn Ulvaeus, singer songwriter, ABBA (April 1945)
- Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad, singer, ABBA (Nov 1945)
- Henry Winkler, actor (Oct 1945)
- Don McLean, singer songwriter (Oct 1945)
- John Denver, singer songwriter (Oct 1943)
- Julie Christie, actress (April 1941)
- Robert De Niro, actor (Aug 1943)
- Tom Selleck, actor (Jan 1945)
- Pete Townshend, singer songwriter, The Who (May 1945)
- John Fogerty, American singer, Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Steve Martin, American actor and comedian
- Jose Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer
- John Lithgow, American actor
- Neil Young, Canadian singer and songwriter (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young)
- Goldie Hawn, American actress
- Bette Midler, American singer and actress
Born Too Late
- Sophie, Countess of Wessex (Jan 1965)
- Diane Lane, American actress (Jan 1965)
- Brandon Lee, American actor (d. 1993) (Jan 1965)
- Princess Stéphanie of Monaco (Jan 1965)
- Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress (March 1965)
- Robert Downey Jr., American actor (April 1965)
- Martin Lawrence, American actor, comedian, and producer (April 1965)
- Brooke Shields, American actress (May 1965)
- J. K. Rowling, English author (July 1965)
- Björk, Icelandic singer, songwriter, and musician (Nov 1965)
- Ben Stiller, American actor (Nov 1965)
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