If your birthday is today then you share it with a strong willed Leo, activist Jack Thompson. Born in 1951, the former American lawyer is an activist against violence and sex in video games.

If you are celebrating your birthday today, then you are probably a Leo, although the traditional star signs are slightly out of alignment, due to planetary movements since the original dates were conceived.  For this reason,  if you want an accurate horoscope,  you should visit an Astrologist who can give you a full birth chart based on the exact time, day and year that you were born.  This chart will also take into account the position of the moon in the celestial houses, which also has a subtle effect on your personality.

Cancers can have a ferocious temper and an ability to act in cold blood, and Myra Hindley, who was born today in 1942, certainly displayed the negative elements of this star sign. Hindley, together with her lover Ian Brady, murdered five children between 1963 and 1965, burying their bodies on the Yorkshire Moors, which gave them the nickname in the United Kingdom of the Moors Murders. After her conviction for two of the murders Hindley became Britain's longest-detained female prisoner and died in prison in 2002.

 

Another Cancer murderer born today in 1938, was Charles Harrelson. Charles was a freelance hit man who was convicted of assassinating federal judge John H.

Cancers are fabulous, dah-ling!  Combining his Cancer creativity and determination to have his own ready-to-wear fashion collection is Oscar de la Renta, born today in 1932. The fashion designer's career started with an apprenticeship with the Spanish couture label Cristóbal Balenciaga, before working for Elizabeth Arden in the 1960's and then realising his dream of starting own fashion house. His feminine and fashion forward designs have been worn by celebrities such as Hillary Clinton, Nancy Reagan and Laura Bush.

 

Other creative Cancers born today are actors Danny Glover, probably best known for his role in the "Lethal Weapon" films, Willem Dafoe, who most recently starred in the Spiderman movies, and actress A.J.

Cancers have a creative side which many have used to build successful careers in arts and entertainment fields. Ernest Hemingway, born today in 1899, used his creativity as a writer and journalist. During his career Hemingway won both a Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for his novel "The Old Man and the Sea" and a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.  One of his best known novels, "For Whom the Bell Tolls", is based on his time in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.    

 

Other Cancers who have used their creativity within the entertainment industry are musician Cat Stevens, or Yusuf Islam as he is now known.  He was born today in 1948 and during his career, which started in the 1960's, has sold over sixty million albums.

Cancers are determined people who can reach great things when this determination is used.  One of the most fiercely determined men of all time, Alexander III of Macedon or Alexander the Great as he is more popularly known, is recorded as being born today in the year 356 BC. His leadership skills, focus and determination to conquer all of the known world made him one of histories most successful military commanders, with most historians believing he was never defeated in battle.

 

This same determination led another Cancer born today in 1919, to achieve great things in his life. Sir Edmund Hillary was the first known climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953 at the age of thirty three, with Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay.

Cancers' determination and focus can lead them to great success in their chosen fields and two Cancer's born today are known for achieving greatness in different ways.  Both men show passion and conviction to their work, which has ultimately borne fruit in the long run.

Once they have their teeth in something, Cancers rarely let go.  Their determination, focus and hard work will see them through any ups and downs, which is possibly why they often have long careers, even is such a fickle industry as entertainment.  Cancer actors are adept at comebacks!

One such actor, is Donald Sutherland, born today in 1935. Sutherland has most recently been seen in the television series "Dirty Sexy Money" but his career has spanned over five decades and included films such as "The Dirty Dozen" and "M*A*S*H".

When a Cancer uses their drive and determination, they can often achieve great things, which Frits Zernike, born in 1888, certainly did within the world of science.  He earned a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953, for his invention of the phase contrast microscope. This device allowed the internal cell structure to be studied in great detail without killing the cells and was a breakthrough piece of equipment for modern medicine.

 

Another Cancer who achieved great things in her career was actress and dancer Ginger Rogers. Born in 1911, Rogers is best remember for her onscreen partnership with Fred Astaire who she starred alongside in ten musical hit movies. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1940, and during her career made a whopping seventy three films!