| 1977 | Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress, Kendall-All My Children, Buffy |
| 1976 | Baedon Choppy, Australian field hockey forward 1996 Olympics |
| 1976 | Jason Wiemer, born in Kimberley, NHL left wing, Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 1975 | Petra Begerow, born in Germany, tennis star, 1996 quarter Hilton Head |
| 1974 | Mike Allen Lambert, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, volleyball opposite hitter 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Adrien Brody, born in Woodhaven, New York, actor, Academy-Award winning film, 'The Pianist', other films include 'The Thin Red Line', 'Splice', 'Predators' |
| 1972 | Jason Mallett, CFL safety for the Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 1972 | Zev Lumelski, WLAF guard for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1971 | Antonio London, NFL linebacker, Detroit Lions |
| 1971 | Gregory Zaun, born in Glendale, California, catcher for the Baltimore Orioles |
| 1970 | Brian Stablein, NFL wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts |
| 1970 | Jan Siemerink, born in Netherlands, tennis star |
| 1970 | Steve Avery, born in Trenton, Michigan, pitcher, Atlanta Braves |
| 1969 | Brad Ausmus, born in New Haven, Connecticut, catcher for the Detroit Tigers |
| 1969 | Brad Pennington, born in Salem, Indiana, pitcher for the California Angels |
| 1969 | David Archibald, born in Chilliwack, NHL center, Ottawa Senators |
| 1969 | Mark Macon, NBA guard, Detroit Pistons |
| 1969 | Tim Roberts, NFL defensive end for the New England Patriots |
| 1968 | Andrew Trim, born in Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Anthony Michael Hall, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, SNL, Breakfast Club |
| 1968 | Jesse Levis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers |
| 1967 | Barret Martin, rocker, Screaming Trees |
| 1967 | Jeff Finley, born in Edmonton, NHL defenseman, Winnipeg Jets |
| 1967 | Marla Wynne, born in Easton, Pennsylvania, Miss Penn-America 1991, top 10 |
| 1967 | Steve Chiasson, Barrie, NHL defenseman for the Calgary Flames |
| 1966 | David Justice, baseball player, Atlanta Braves, husband of Halle Barry |
| 1966 | Greg Maddux, born in San Angelo, Texas, pitcher, Atlanta Braves |
| 1966 | Greg Myers, born in Riverside, California, catcher for the Minnesota Twins |
| 1966 | Ricky Andrews, WLAF linebacker for the Rhein Fire |
| 1965 | Craig McDermott, cricket pace bowler, tireless Austr since 1984 |
| 1965 | Stan Humphries, NFL quarterback for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1964 | Greg Battle, CFL linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1964 | Jim Grabb, born in Tucson, Arizona, tennis star |
| 1963 | Cynthia Cooper, WNBA guard, Houston Comets, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics |
| 1963 | Meg Mallon, born in Natick, Massachusetts, LPGA golfer, 1991 U.S. Women's Open |
| 1962 | James Carpenter, Canton Conn, fencer-epee 1996 Olympics |
| 1961 | John Clarke, actor, Mickey-Days of Our Life |
| 1961 | Daniel Clowes, born in Chicago, Illinois, author, cartoonist, creator of 'Eightball', published graphic novels including, 'Ghost World' |
| 1961 | Robert Carlyle, Scottish Director |
| 1960 | Brian Forster, rocker, Partridge Family Drums |
| 1960 | Pat Symcox, cricketer, South African off-spinner 1993- |
| 1960 | Brad Garrett, American Actor |
| 1958 | Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre, Prince of Monaco |
| 1958 | Michael Patrick Hulbert, born in Elmira, New York, PGA golfer, 1989 BC Open |
| 1954 | Bruce Sterling, U.S., sci-fi author, Involution Ocean, Schismatrix |
| 1953 | Irina Rudolfovna Pronina, Russian cosmonaut |
| 1952 | Kenny Aaronson, born in New York City, New York, rocker, bass guitar player, played for Dust, Stories, Hall & Oates, toured with Billy Squier, Joan Jett, Billy Idol |
| 1950 | Anna M "Ansje" Beentjes, actress, Blindgangers |
| 1950 | Randolph Powell, born in Iowa City, Iowa, actor, Alan-Dallas, Logan's Run |
| 1949 | John Shea, born in North Conway, New Hampshire, actor, Honeymoon, New Life, Lois and Clark |
| 1949 | Michael Shea, born in Glendale, New York, actor, Lucas- New Dick Van Dyke Show |
| 1948 | Chester G. Atkins, born in Geneva, Switzerland, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1985 - 1993 |
| 1948 | Larry Ferguson, born in Nassau, keyboardist, Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing |
| 1948 | Ty Grimes, rocker, Captain Beefheart Band Drums |
| 1947 | Bob Massie, cricketer, Australia swing bowler, 16 wkts on debut vs. England 1972 |
| 1946 | Patrick Fairley, guitarist, Marmalade-Oh La Di Oh La Do |
| 1946 | Tom Monteleone, U.S. writer, Dark Star and Illumination |
| 1945 | Derek Leckenby, rocker/actor, Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter |
| 1945 | Ritchie Blackmore, born in England, guitarist, Rainbow-Stone Cold, Deep Purple |
| 1945 | Uwe Beyer, born in East Germany, shot-putter 1976 Olympics gold |
| 1943 | Clarice Elaine Gaylord, director of research grants, EPA |
| 1943 | Yvonne Vriens-Auerbach, Dutch MP, CDA |
| 1942 | Valentin Vitaliyevich Lebedev, cosmonaut, Soyuz 13, 35, T-5 |
| 1941 | Anatoli Pavlocich Fyodorov, cosmonaut |
| 1941 | Julie Christie, born in Assam, India, actress, Dr. Zhivago |
| 1941 | Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds, Charlie hustle, most hits in majors |
| 1941 | Ryan O'Neal, actor, Love Story, Paper Moon |
| 1940 | George Takei, actor, Hikaru Sulu-Star Trek |
| 1940 | Patricia Bruder, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Ellen-As the World Turns |
| 1939 | Jennifer Fowler, composer |
| 1938 | Gloria Dean Randle Scott, educator/president, Beaumont College |
| 1936 | Robert Herman Nichols, born in Louisville, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1986 Showdown |
| 1936 | Frank Serpico, American Celebrity |
| 1936 | Robert Scheer, American Journalist |
| 1935 | Joan Darling, born in Boston, actress, Frieda-Owen Marshall |
| 1935 | Loretta Lynn, Butcher's Hollow, Kentucky, singer, Coal Miner's Daughter |
| 1934 | Bruce Pairaudeau, cricketer, WI opening bat in 13 Tests, 115 on debut |
| 1933 | Buddy Knox, born in Happy, Texas, rock vocalist, Party Doll, Lovey Dovey |
| 1933 | Morton Subotnick, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, Wild Bull |
| 1930 | Bradford Dillman, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Piranha, Sudden Impact, Enforcer |
| 1930 | George Gekas, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1983 - 2003 |
| 1930 | Jay Robinson, born in New York City, actor, Born Again, Malibu Bikini Shop |
| 1929 | William Edgar Thornton, born in Faison, North Carolina, MD/astronaut, STS-8, 51-B, sk:49 |
| 1928 | Robert Mugabe, president, Zimbabwe, 1988- |
| 1927 | Dany Robin, actress, Follow the Boys, Topaz, Jupiter, Julietta |
| 1927 | Gloria Jean, born in Buffalo, New York, actress, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break |
| 1926 | Jan Carl Christian Maegaard, composer |
| 1925 | Abel Muzorewa, bishop/premier, Rhodesia |
| 1925 | Bill Harris, U.S. guitarist, Clovers-Good Lovin' |
| 1925 | H G Kischenchand, cricketer, 5 Tests for India 1947-52 |
| 1925 | Rod Steiger, born in West Hampton, New York, actor, Illustrated Man, Pawnbroker |
| 1924 | Shorty Rogers, Milton M. Rajonsky, composer |
| 1923 | William Darling, journalist |
| 1923 | John Holt, Australian Statesman |
| 1922 | David Alexandrovich Toradze, composer |
| 1922 | Maria Luisa Bemberg, film maker |
| 1922 | Ali Akbar Khan, Indian Musician |
| 1920 | Eduardo Maturana, composer |
| 1920 | John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court Justice |
| 1918 | Mary Healy, New Orleans, actress, 2nd Fiddle, He Married his Wife |
| 1917 | Valerie Hobson, North Ireland, actress, Great Expectations |
| 1916 | Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer, India 1947-48 |
| 1916 | Denis ApIvor, composer |
| 1916 | Emerson Buckley, composer |
| 1913 | Everhard van Royen, Dutch flautist/founder, Alma musica |
| 1913 | Jean Fournet, French conductor |
| 1913 | John Howard, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Dave-My Three Sons |
| 1912 | Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher |
| 1912 | Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist/conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra |
| 1912 | Robert Doisneau, photographer |
| 1910 | Werner Wolf Glaser, composer |
| 1907 | Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti |
| 1907 | Otto F A H van Nispen, Dutch mayor, Pannerden, MP, KVP |
| 1907 | Phyllis Konstam, born in London, England, actress, Murder, Skin Game |
| 1907 | Francois Duvalier, Haitian Statesman |
| 1906 | Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, King Saudi-Arabia, 1964-75 |
| 1906 | Hunter Johnson, composer |
| 1905 | Frits Philips, Dutch engineer/CEO, Philips |
| 1904 | John Gielgud, born in London, England, actor, Arthur, Ages of Man |
| 1904 | Lionel Birkett, cricketer, WI vice-captain on Australian tour 1930-31 |
| 1904 | Reinout W van Bemmelen, Dutch geologist |
| 1904 | Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Netherlands choreographer |
| 1902 | Menachem A. Schneerson, rebee, head of Lubavitcher Jews |
| 1901 | Alfred West, champion cyclist/record hair splitter, 17 splits |
| 1900 | Salvatore Baccaloni, born in Rome, actor, Merry Andrew, Rock-a-Bye Baby |
| 1898 | Lee Tracy, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye |
| 1897 | Barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader |
| 1895 | Mary Marquet, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, actress, Matter of Resistance |
| 1895 | Wiktor Labunski, composer |
| 1892 | Giorgio Cesana, born in Italy, coxswain, Olympics gold 1906 |
| 1892 | Vere G Childe, British archaeologist/prehistorian |
| 1889 | Arnold Toynbee, born in England, historian, Study of History |
| 1889 | Efim D. Bogoljubov, Russian chess player |
| 1889 | James Stephenson, actor, Letter, Espionage Agent, Nancy Drew |
| 1889 | Arnold J. Toynbee, British Historian |
| 1886 | Edward C. Tolman, U.S. psychologist, behaviorism |
| 1886 | Ernst R. Curtius, German literature historian |
| 1881 | Anton Wildgans, Austrian writer and director, Burg Theater |
| 1879 | James Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist, Restless Heads |
| 1877 | Daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament scholar |
| 1876 | Murray Bisset, cricketer, South African wicket-keeper 1899 and 1910 |
| 1874 | Count Alexander, of Athlone, Governor-General, South Africa/Canada |
| 1873 | Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer |
| 1870 | Syd Gregory, cricketer, Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912 |
| 1866 | Anne Mansfield Sullivan, U.S., educated Helen Keller |
| 1866 | Anne Sullivan, American Educator |
| 1862 | Pyotr A. Stolypin, premier Russia, 1906-11 |
| 1857 | Edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer, Gulliver |
| 1852 | Henrique Oswald, composer |
| 1843 | Gustave Leon Huberti, composer |
| 1842 | Sven August Korling, composer |
| 1832 | James Hewett Ledlie, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1831 | Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia |
| 1820 | Harry Thompson Hays, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1819 | Charles Halle, pianist/conductor/founder, Halle Orchestra |
| 1813 | Junius S. Morgan, U.S., merchant/philanthropist, Metro Museum of Art |
| 1812 | George Grey, New Zealander Leader |
| 1809 | George W. Vreede, Dutch lawyer/politician |
| 1803 | Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter |
| 1797 | Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic, 1871-77 |
| 1782 | Carlo Coccia, composer |
| 1770 | George Canning, London, British Prime Minister, 1827 |
| 1762 | Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist |
| 1738 | Duck of Portland, C, British Prime Minister, 1783, 1807-09 |
| 1723 | John Wainwright, composer |
| 1721 | William August duke of Cumberland, English army leader |
| 1718 | Emanuele Barbella, composer |
| 1710 | Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer |
| 1676 | Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer |
| 1629 | Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer, discovered Saturn's rings |
| 1592 | Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher |
| 1578 | Philip III, King of Spain and Portugal, 1598 - 1621 |
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