| 1982 | Sam Huntington, actor, Jungle 2 Jungle |
| 1980 | Bryan Buffinton, born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, actor, Bill Lewis Jr-Guiding Light |
| 1977 | Kelli White, American Athlete |
| 1976 | Clarence Seedorf, Surinam/Dutch soccer player, Ajax, Real Madrid |
| 1975 | Kristine Quance, 100m breaststroke and 200m medley, 1996 Olympics |
| 1975 | Magdalena Maleeva, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, tennis star, 1995 Chicago Moscow |
| 1973 | Ferdy Vierklau, soccer player for the FC Utrecht |
| 1973 | Stephen Fleming, cricketer, New Zealand left-handed Test batsman 1994- |
| 1972 | Kenny Gales, NFL/WLAF cornerback, Chicago Bears, Barcelona Dragons |
| 1972 | Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback, Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1971 | Daniel Vacek, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, tennis star |
| 1971 | Ernest Jones, NFL defensive end, Saints, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32 |
| 1971 | Jessica Collins, Capogna, actress, Dinah Lee Mayberry-Loving |
| 1971 | Method Man, American Musician |
| 1970 | Mark Wheeler, NFL defensive tackle, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New England Patriots |
| 1970 | Wes Barnett, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, 238lb, 108kg, weightlifter, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Wyatt Jones, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, kayak, alternate 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Sung Hi Lee, Korean Model |
| 1969 | Andrew Vlahov, Australian basketball forward, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Arnaud Boetsch, born in Meulam, France, tennis star, 1985 European Junior |
| 1969 | Frank Castillo, born in El Paso, Texas, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs |
| 1969 | John Forest, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles |
| 1969 | Kevin Dean, born in Madison, NHL defenseman for the New Jersey Devils |
| 1969 | Traci Lin-Tavi, born in New York City, actress, Ryan's Hope, F/X, Fright Night 2 |
| 1968 | Joel Smeenge, NFL defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1966 | Dave Vankoughnett, CFL corner for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1966 | Odie Harris, NFL safety and defensive back for the Houston Oilers |
| 1966 | Craig Kelly, American Athlete |
| 1965 | John "Jumbo" Elliot, NFL tackle, New York Giants, New York Jets |
| 1965 | Mark Jackson, NBA guard for the Indiana Pacers |
| 1964 | John Morris, cricketer, England right-hand batsman vs. India 1990 |
| 1964 | Kevin Duckworth, NBA center for the Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1964 | Scott Stevens, Kitchener, NHL defenseman, New Jersey Devils, Team Canada |
| 1962 | Phillip Schofield, TV personality and designer, Nightfire |
| 1962 | Rich Amaral, born in Visalia, California, outfielder for the Seattle Mariners |
| 1961 | Jennifer Runyon, actress, Cindy-A Very Brady Christmas |
| 1961 | Jim Jeffcoat, NFL defensive end for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1961 | Mark White, rock guitarist, ABC-All of My Heart |
| 1958 | Anton Innauer, born in Bezau, Austria, 70m ski jumper, Gold 1980 Olympics |
| 1957 | David Gower, cricketer, elegant England left-handed batsman 1978 - 1992 |
| 1957 | Donald William Hammond, born in Frederick, Maryland, PGA golfer, 1986 Bob Hope |
| 1957 | Peter Deutsch, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-Florida 1993 - 2005 |
| 1956 | Peter O'Toole, Irish pop bassist, Hothouse Flowers-People |
| 1955 | Danny Joe Pohl, born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1986 Colonial |
| 1955 | Stan Ridway, rocker, Wall Of Voodoo |
| 1954 | Jeff Porcaro, born in Los Angeles, California, drummer and percussionist, Toto-Roxanne, Africa |
| 1953 | Aftab Baloch, cricketer, Pakistani in 2 Tests, scored 428 for Sind 74 |
| 1953 | Barry Sonnenfeld, director, When Harry Met Sally, Big, Misery |
| 1952 | Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi, born in Tripoli Libya, bomber, Pan Am 103 |
| 1952 | Annette O'Toole, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Cat People, Superman III |
| 1952 | Billy Currie, rock keyboardist and violinist, Ultravox-We Came to Dance |
| 1952 | Reynaud Robinson, 100m sprinter, 1972 Olympics |
| 1951 | John Abizaid, American Soldier |
| 1950 | Ed[uardus] HTM Nijpels, Dutch minister of Environment, VVD |
| 1950 | Leonard van Spirit, Dutch/British fruit and food magnate |
| 1949 | Gill Scott-Heron, U.S., writer, poet and singer, Whities on the Moon |
| 1948 | Jimmy Cliff, Reggae singer |
| 1948 | Simon Crowe, rock drummer, Boomtown Rats-Maxinguaye |
| 1948 | Y. Y. Williams, Welsh rugby player |
| 1947 | David Eisenhower, grandson of President Dwight, married Julie Nixon |
| 1946 | Arthur Conley, U.S. soul singer, Sweet Soul Music |
| 1946 | John Barbata, drummer, Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor |
| 1946 | Ronnie "Plonk" Lane, born in London, rock bassist, Small Faces-Hey Girl |
| 1946 | William Frederick Fisher, Dallas Texas, MD/astronaut, STS-51-I |
| 1945 | Heather Young, born in Bremerton, Washington, actress, Betty-Land of Giants |
| 1944 | Carol White, born in England, actress, Daddy's Gone a Hunting |
| 1942 | Alan Blakley, rocker, Brian Poole and The Tremeloes |
| 1942 | Danny Brooks, rocker, Dovells |
| 1942 | Phil Margo, born in Brooklyn, rock vocalist, Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight |
| 1942 | Samuel Ray Delany, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Towers of Toron, Neveryona |
| 1941 | Ajit Wadekar, cricketer, stalwart Indian batsman and captain |
| 1940 | Wangari Maathai, Kenyan Activist |
| 1939 | Ali MacGraw, born in Pound Ridge, New York, actress, Love Story, Goodbye Columbus |
| 1939 | Phil Niekro, knuckleball pitcher, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves |
| 1939 | Rudolph Isley, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, rocker, Isley Brothers-Shout |
| 1935 | Hans H. Boswinkel, actor and director, Surprise Attack, Tutorials in Love |
| 1935 | John Murray, cricketer, England 1961 - 1967, 1st wk called Murray to play Tests |
| 1934 | Don Hastings, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Captain Video, Bob-As the World Turns |
| 1933 | Dan Flavin, U.S. minimalist sculptor |
| 1933 | Montserrat Caballe, Musician |
| 1932 | Alexander Colleridge Vanderpuiye Baka Tetteh-Lartey, actor |
| 1932 | Debbie Reynolds, born in El Paso, Texas, actress, Singin' in the Rain |
| 1932 | Gordon Jump, born in Dayton, Ohio, actor, Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains |
| 1931 | George Baker, born in Bulgaria, actor, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Curse of the Fly |
| 1931 | Rolf Hochhuth, German playwright, Deputy |
| 1930 | Grace Lee Whitney, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, actress, Yeoman Rand-Star Trek |
| 1930 | Joan Franks-Williams, composer |
| 1929 | Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian poet and writer, Joke, Unbearable Lightness of Being |
| 1928 | Dimitri Frenkel Frank, Dutch writer and director, Hadimassa |
| 1928 | George Grizzard, born in North Carolina, actor, Wrong is Right, Bachelor Party, Attica |
| 1928 | Herbert Klein, newscaster and press secretary |
| 1928 | Jane Powell, born in Portland Oregon, singer and actress, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers |
| 1927 | Amos Milburn, born in Houston, Texas, rocker, blues singer, pianist, played rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, important figure in the history of blues musicianship |
| 1926 | Anne McCaffrey, U.S., sci-fi author, Dragonflight, Dragondrums |
| 1926 | Lyndon Brook, actor, Invasion, Reach for the Sky |
| 1925 | Sala Burton, born in Bialystok, Poland, Representative-D-California 1983 - 1987 |
| 1924 | Gunther Becker, composer |
| 1923 | Bobby Jordan, born in New York, actor, Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild |
| 1922 | William Manchester, born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, historian, Death of a President |
| 1922 | Alan Perlis, American Scientist |
| 1921 | Douglas Allenbrook, composer |
| 1921 | William L. Bergsma, born in Oakland, California, composer, Fortunate Island |
| 1920 | Joan Frances Will, actress |
| 1920 | Toshiro Mifune, born in Tsing-tao, China, writer and actor, Shogun |
| 1917 | Johnny Andrews, born in Boston, singer and host, Songs at Twilight |
| 1917 | Leon Janney, born in Ogden, Utah, actor, Hawk |
| 1915 | Art Lund, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, singer, Ken Murray Show |
| 1915 | Willy Dixon, blues artist, Mellow Down Easy |
| 1914 | Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist |
| 1911 | Evert H. "Bep" Bakhuys, Dutch soccer star and writer |
| 1911 | Ferdinand J. Kranenburg, Dutch Secretary of Defense, soc dem |
| 1911 | Gunther Rennert, born in Essen, Germany, opera director and producer |
| 1909 | Abner Biberman, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, director and actor, Imhook-Kodiak |
| 1909 | Eddie Duchin, born in Massachusetts, society pianist and bandleader, Eddie Duchin Orchestra |
| 1908 | Abraham Maslow, U.S. psychologist, humanistic psychology |
| 1907 | Walter Kaufmann, composer |
| 1906 | Ned Glass, born in Poland, actor, Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie |
| 1906 | Sigve Lie, born in Norway, yachtsmans, Gold 1948, 1952 Olympics |
| 1905 | Clara "Mother" Hale, U.S. social worker, Hale House |
| 1905 | Gaston Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium, 1949, 1958 - 1961, 1968 - 1972 |
| 1905 | Winfried P I Zillig, German opera composer and conductor, Fantasia Irica |
| 1902 | L P Jai, cricketer, one Test India vs. England 1934, scored 19 and 0 |
| 1901 | Boris Koutzen, composer |
| 1901 | Whittaker Chambers, American Writer |
| 1898 | Nita Naldi, born in New York City, actress, Blood and Sand |
| 1898 | Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish writer, Stolica |
| 1898 | Roger Bastide, French sociologist |
| 1897 | Willem H van de Pol, Dutch theologist, Christian Dilemma |
| 1895 | Alberta Hunter, blues singer and composer, Downhearted Blues |
| 1893 | Cicely Courtneidge, born in Sydney, Australia, actress, Double Exposure |
| 1887 | Leonard Bloomfield, U.S. linguist |
| 1886 | Casimir von Paszthory, composer |
| 1886 | Wallace Beery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8 |
| 1885 | Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Hozier, British barones |
| 1884 | Laurette Taylor, Helen LM Cooney, U.S. actress, Broadway |
| 1883 | Aleksander V. Aleksandrov, Russian composer and conductor |
| 1883 | Lon Chaney, CO, man of 1000 faces, actor, High Noon, Phantom of Opera |
| 1878 | Carl Sternheim, German playwright, Hyperion/Tabula Rasa |
| 1875 | Edgar Wallace, born in England, novelist, playwright and journalist, Terror |
| 1873 | Sergei Rachmaninoff, born in Novgorod, Russia, composer, Prelude in C# Minor |
| 1872 | Tadeusz Joteyko, composer |
| 1871 | F Melius Christiansen, composer |
| 1869 | Peter A. Egge, Norwegian writer, De Droom |
| 1868 | Edmond Rostand, born in France, poet and playwright, Cyrano de Bergerac |
| 1866 | Ferruccio D M B Busoni, born in Italy, pianist, composer and conductor, Arlecchino |
| 1866 | Johannes C H de Meoere, Dutch zoologist |
| 1866 | Sophonisba Breckenridge, scholar, teacher and social activist |
| 1865 | Richard Zsigmondy, born in Germany, chemist, Nobel-1925 |
| 1864 | Marie Jungius, Dutch fairy tale writer |
| 1858 | Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist and author, From Life |
| 1858 | Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist, Circulation of Elite |
| 1855 | Agnes Repplier, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American essayist and writer, 'Books and Men' and 'In Pursuit of Laughter' |
| 1852 | Edward Austin Abbey, U.S., painter, Quest of the Holy Grail |
| 1847 | Gavriil Musicescu, composer |
| 1847 | Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, South America |
| 1843 | Ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist |
| 1834 | Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer |
| 1823 | Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lieutenant General Confederate Army |
| 1817 | Johannes J van Oosterzee, Dutch theologist |
| 1815 | Otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor, 1866 - 1890 |
| 1809 | Nikolai Gogol, writer |
| 1809 | Willem Ruys J Dz, Dutch ship owner |
| 1807 | Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet and literature critic |
| 1802 | Hubert Reis, composer |
| 1793 | Edouard Corbiere, French captain and writer, Le negrier |
| 1785 | J. H. Ferdinand Olivier, German painter |
| 1772 | Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer |
| 1755 | Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer, Fisiologia del Gusto |
| 1753 | Joseph de Maistre, French Diplomat |
| 1732 | Franz Josef Haydn, born in Austria, composer, Die Schopfung |
| 1725 | Francois Bainville, composer |
| 1721 | Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch violinist, organist and composer, Glees |
| 1697 | Abbe Prevost, French novelist and journalist, Manon Lescaut |
| 1643 | Christian Demelius, composer |
| 1582 | Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter |
| 1582 | Thomas Simpson, composer |
| 1578 | William Harvey, born in England, physician, discovered blood circulation |
| 1283 | Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor, 1314 - 1347 |
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