| 2008 | Princess Eleonore of Belgium, born in Anderlecht, Belgium |
| 1987 | Milton J. Cross, born in New York City, TV announcer, Met Opera Auditions of the Air |
| 1980 | Jesse Tendler, born in Madison, Wisconsin, actor, Nick-Ellen Burstyn Show |
| 1976 | Lukas Haas, actor, Music Box, Witness, Testament, Leap of Faith |
| 1975 | Nicky Sualua, NFL fullback for the Dallas Cowboys |
| 1972 | Conchita Martinez, born in Monzon, Spain, tennis star, 1996 final Indian Wells |
| 1972 | Jim Ballard, NFL/WLAF quarterback, Scottish Claymores, Buffalo Bills |
| 1972 | Mario Bradley, WLAF cornerback for the London Monarchs |
| 1971 | Frederik Nilsson, born in Stockholm, Sweden, IHL forward, Team Sweden, Kansas City, IHL, |
| 1971 | Natasha Zvereva, born in Minsk, Belarus, tennis ace, finals 1995 Indian Wells |
| 1971 | Selena, born Selena Quintanilla-Perez, born in Lake Jackson, Texas, Mexican American singer, called 'The Queen of Tejano music', released first album at age 12 |
| 1971 | Trey Maples, born in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Canadian |
| 1970 | Fran Robinson, born in California, actress, Lauren-Charlie and Company |
| 1970 | Ian Franklin, CFL cornerback for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1970 | Steve Emtman, NFL defensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1970 | Walt Williams, NBA forward and guard, Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat |
| 1969 | Fernando Vina, born in Sacramento, California, infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers |
| 1969 | Melinda Rich, born in Muskegon, Michigan, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-13th-1993 |
| 1967 | Charles Evans, NFL running back for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1966 | Lewis Tillman, NFL running back for the Chicago Bears |
| 1965 | Caren Kemner, born in Quincy, Illinois, volleyball outside hitter, Bronze Medal 1992 Olympics |
| 1965 | Jon Cryer, actor, Pretty in Pink, Superman IV |
| 1965 | Martin Lawrence, born in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, comedian, actor, producer, director, appeared in his own hit series, Martin on FOX |
| 1964 | Dave Pirner, born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, singer, member and lead vocalist for the band Soul Asylum |
| 1964 | Robert Kelker-Kelly, born in Wichita, Kansas, Bo-Days of our Live |
| 1963 | Garry Galley, born in Montreal, NHL defenseman for the Buffalo Sabres |
| 1963 | Hu Na, born in Taipei, Republic of China, professional tennis player, defected from the People's Republic of the United State to the United States in 1982 |
| 1963 | Jimmy Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Donnie and Marie |
| 1963 | Nick Berry, Britain, actor, Wicksy-EastEnders |
| 1963 | Salim Malik, cricketer, memorable Pakistani and Essex batsman |
| 1962 | David Pate, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star |
| 1962 | Ian MacKaye, rocker, Cyrano de Bergerac |
| 1962 | Jeanne Golay, born in Coral Gables, Florida, cyclist, Olympics-16th-92, 96 |
| 1961 | Selena, Texas, spanish singer, Grammy-1994 |
| 1959 | Anne Kursinski, equestrian show jumper, 1996 Olympics silver |
| 1958 | Philip Bainbridge, British cricketeer |
| 1956 | David M. Brown, Arlington, Virginia, Comander USN/astronaut |
| 1956 | Marty Dickerson, born in Middletown, Ohio, golfer, 1994 ShopRite Classic-22nd |
| 1955 | Charlotte Morrison, English large landowner/multi-millionaire |
| 1955 | Ellen Barkin, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Big Easy, Sea of Love |
| 1955 | Henri, Heir Apparent Prince of Luxembourg |
| 1953 | Jay O Sanders, born in Austin, Texas, actor, Meeting Venus, V I Warshawski |
| 1953 | Peter Garrett, Australian Musician |
| 1952 | Peter Westbrook, born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. fencer, Olympic-bronze-88, 92, 96 |
| 1951 | John Bentley, born in Deptford, South East London, rocker, bass player, played for Squeeze 1980 - 1982, appeared on albums Argybargy and East Side Story |
| 1950 | David Graff, Lancaster Ohio, actor, Police Academy 2, 3, 4, 6 |
| 1947 | Gerry Rafferty, Paisley Scotland, guitarist and vocalist, Baker Street |
| 1947 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lew Alcindor, NBA center, Mil Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1945 | Goran Antunac, born in Yugoslavia, International Chess Master, 1975 |
| 1945 | Stefan Grossman, born in New York City, country blues singer, Yazoo Basin Boogie |
| 1944 | Dennis Russell Davies, composer |
| 1943 | Dave Peverett, born in Dulwich, South East London, rocker, singer, guitarist, founded, sang and played rhythm guitar for Foghat |
| 1943 | Ewald Vanvugt, author, Kiss of Delight, Seed of Love |
| 1943 | Johnny Watkins, cricketer, NSW leg-spinner, bowled 6 overs for Australia |
| 1943 | Ruth Madoc, actress, Hi Di Hi |
| 1941 | Cliff Stearns, born in Washington, D.C., Representative-R-Florida 1989 - |
| 1940 | David Holford, cricketer, cousin of G S Sobers WI leg-spin all-rounder |
| 1940 | Lord Camoys, deputy CEO, Barclays de Zoete Wedd |
| 1940 | Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark, 1972- |
| 1940 | Paul Cox, actor, Exile, Golden Braid, Touch Me |
| 1940 | Stephen Lawrence Pruslin, composer |
| 1939 | Donald MacCormick, British broadcaster |
| 1939 | Dusty Springfield, Mary O'Brien, London, vocalist, Growing Pains |
| 1939 | John DeLaFose, zydeco Musician |
| 1939 | Margaretha de Boer, Dutch minister, PvdA |
| 1939 | Reinier Lucassen, Dutch painter, Kuifje contra James Union |
| 1938 | Michael Hirst, chief constable, Leicestershire England |
| 1936 | James Rand, British judge, Advocate General |
| 1935 | Bobby Vinton, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, singer, Roses are Red, Blue on Blue |
| 1935 | Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler, blues singer/guitarist |
| 1934 | Brian Peppiatt, joint CEO, SG Warburg Securities |
| 1934 | Geoffrey Owen, British editor, Financial Times |
| 1934 | Richard Kenshaw, British broadcaster |
| 1934 | Robert Stigwood, producer, Saturday Night Fever, Grease |
| 1933 | Joan Bakewell, British broadcaster/actress, Cold Comfort Farm |
| 1933 | Joseph Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Blind Date, Braker |
| 1933 | Perry Botkin, Jr., born in New York City, orchestra leader, Bert Convy Show |
| 1932 | Imre Polyak, born in Hungary, featherweight 1964 Olympic gold |
| 1932 | Vince Hill, singer, Roses of Picardy, La Vie en Rose |
| 1931 | Piet de Visser, economist/Dutch MP, PvdA |
| 1930 | Frank Page, British broadcaster/actor, Hudson Hawk, Dark Dancer |
| 1930 | Herbie Mann, born in Brooklyn, New York, jazz flute/sax, Just Wallin' |
| 1930 | John Robson, British ambassador, Norway |
| 1929 | Roy Hamilton, singer, You'll Never Walk Alone |
| 1929 | Ed Townsend, American Musician |
| 1928 | Dick "Night Train" Lane, NFL defensive back, Rams, Cards, Lions |
| 1928 | Dick Lane, American Athlete |
| 1927 | Joseph Ratzinger, German theologist/dogmaticus |
| 1927 | Peter Mark Richman, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, Andrew-Dynasty |
| 1927 | Pope Benedict XVI, German Clergyman |
| 1926 | Barbara Tizzard, British educator |
| 1925 | Edie Adams, born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Ernie Kovacs, Murial Cigar, actress |
| 1924 | Geoffrey Johnson Smith, actor, Norman Loves Rose, Drinking Games |
| 1924 | Henry Mancini, born in Cleveland, composer and conductor, Pink Panther |
| 1924 | John Harvey-Jones, CEO, ICI |
| 1922 | Christopher Samuel Youd, UK, sci-fi author, Tripods Trilogy |
| 1922 | Kingsley Amis, born in London, novelist, Lucky Jim, James Bond Dossier |
| 1922 | Leo Tindermans, British statesman |
| 1921 | Peter Ustinov, born in London, actor, Death on Nile, Logan's Run, Billy Budd |
| 1920 | Barry Nelson, born in Oakland, actor, Airport, My Favorite Husband |
| 1920 | Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor |
| 1920 | John William Farr, born in Detroit, bank robber, FBI Most Wanted List |
| 1920 | Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer, World Press Photo |
| 1919 | Merce Cunningham, choreographer, Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus |
| 1918 | Spike Milligan, born in India, actor/comedian, Digby, 3 Musketeers |
| 1915 | Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, head of Dutch traffic and water |
| 1915 | Gerard McLarnon, actor/writer |
| 1914 | John Hodiak, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat |
| 1913 | Constance Shacklock, opera singer |
| 1913 | Les Tremayne, London, actor, Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds |
| 1913 | Lord Aberconway, CEO, John Brown and Co |
| 1912 | David Langton, born in Scotland, actor, Quintet, St. Joan, Abandon Ship |
| 1912 | John Halas, animator |
| 1911 | Christine McIntyre, actress, 3 Stooges movies |
| 1911 | William Stearn, botanist |
| 1909 | Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian |
| 1909 | Joe Arpaio, American Public Servant |
| 1906 | Bep Bakhuis, Dutch soccer star/writer |
| 1906 | Cobina W. "Coby" Molenaar, Dutch peace activist |
| 1906 | Marion Lloyd Vince, born in Brooklyn, New York, fencer, National champ 1928, 31 |
| 1906 | Pigmeat Markham, Durham, North Carolina, comedian, Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In |
| 1905 | John Lee-Barber, admiral |
| 1904 | Clifford P. Case, born in Franklin Park, New Jersey, Senator-R-New Jersey 1955 - 1979, Representative-R-New Jersey 1945 - 1953 |
| 1904 | Fifi D'Orsay, born in Montreal, actress, Life Jimmy Dolan, Girl from Calgary |
| 1904 | Lily Pons, born in Draguignan, France, soprano diva, Hitting a New High |
| 1901 | Karel Albert, Flemish composer, Marieken van Nymeghen |
| 1901 | Leo Poos, nazi police officer, caught Dutch underground agents |
| 1900 | Polly Adler, Russia, bordello proprieter/author, House is not a Home |
| 1898 | Marian Jordan, Peoria, Illinois, radio comedienne, Fibber McGee and Molly |
| 1897 | Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer |
| 1897 | Jaap Vranken, Dutch organist/composer, Stabat Mater |
| 1897 | John B. Glubb, British commandant/writer, A soldier with the Arabs |
| 1893 | Federico Mompou, composer |
| 1893 | Joseph Yasser, composer |
| 1889 | Charlie Chaplin, Tramp, comedian, City Lights, IBM salesman |
| 1886 | Ernst Thalmann, German communist presidential candidate |
| 1886 | Jekabs Graubins, composer |
| 1886 | Konstantin Mostras, composer |
| 1885 | Leo Weiner, Hungary, composer, Fasching |
| 1882 | Seth Bingham, composer |
| 1881 | Edward Frederick Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax/ambassador to U.S., 1940-46 |
| 1878 | R E "Tip" Foster, cricketer, 287 on debut England vs. Australia SCG 1903 |
| 1871 | John Millington Synge, Ireland, dramatist/poet, Riders to the Sea |
| 1871 | Martin Lunssens, composer |
| 1871 | John Synge, Irish Poet |
| 1868 | Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer |
| 1868 | Spottiswoode Aitken, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actor, Eagle, Home Sweet Home |
| 1867 | Jose de Diego, Puerto Rico, patriot and Puerto Rico Secretary of Justice |
| 1867 | Wilbur Wright, of aeronautical fame, Wright Brothers |
| 1861 | Isaac Murphy, U.S. jockey, won 628 races |
| 1851 | Ernst Josephson, Sweden, artist |
| 1850 | Herbert Baxter Adams, U.S., historian, American Historical Association |
| 1844 | Anatole France, writer, Thais, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921 |
| 1838 | Karel Bendl, composer |
| 1832 | John A. Neuhuys, painter |
| 1823 | Mother Joseph, Esther Pariseau, religious leader, US capitol |
| 1823 | Orlando Bolivar Wilcox, Major General Union Army |
| 1821 | Ford Maddox Brown, painter |
| 1820 | Georg Curtius, German classical linguist |
| 1816 | Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1808 | Caleb Blood Smith, Secretary Int, Union |
| 1800 | Jozef Stefani, composer |
| 1800 | William Chambers, author/publisher, Basis of Communication and Coding |
| 1797 | Louis Adolphe Thiers, French Statesman |
| 1728 | Joseph Zwart, Scottish chemist/physicist |
| 1703 | Caffarelli, Gaetano Majorano, Italian castra singer/duke |
| 1697 | Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer |
| 1696 | Giovanni Battista Tupolo, Italian painter |
| 1682 | John Hadley, mathematician/inventor, 1st reflecting telescope |
| 1673 | Francesco Feroci, composer |
| 1660 | Hans Sloane, England, physician/naturalist/founder, British Museum |
| 1652 | Clement XII, Lorenzo Corsini, Italy, Pope, 1730 - 1740 |
| 1648 | John Luyken, poet/etcher, Duytse Lyre |
| 1635 | Frans van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch painter |
| 1628 | Cornelis Evertsen de Young, vice Admiral of Zealand |
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