| 1986 | Amanda Bynes, born in Thousand Oaks, California, singer, actor, former cast member on Nickelodeon's 'Figure It Out' and 'All That', films include, 'Big Fat Liar', 'Hairspray' |
| 1979 | Esmeralda Gonzales, Miss Wyoming Teen USA 1997 |
| 1978 | John Smit, professional rugby player, born in Pietersburg, South Africa, hooker, tight head prop, forward, played for Clermont, Natal Sharks |
| 1977 | Veronique De Kock, Miss Universe-Belgium 1996 |
| 1976 | Keith Closs, NBA center for the Los Angeles Clippers |
| 1975 | Thomas Hamilton, NBA center for the Boston Celtics |
| 1973 | Greg DeLong, NFL tight end for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1973 | Jim Campbell, born in Worchester, Massachusetts, U.S. hockey forward 1994 Olympics |
| 1973 | Kelly Lochbaum, CFL linebacker for the BC Lions |
| 1972 | Jennie Garth, born in Champaign, Illinois, actress, Kelly Taylor-Beverly Hills 90210 |
| 1972 | Sandrine Testud, born in Lyon, France, tennis star, 1993 Strasbourg |
| 1971 | Anthony McClanahan, CFL linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders |
| 1971 | Kevin Farkas, WLAF tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1971 | Peter Schwab, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Picabo Street, skier, 1984 Olympic gold |
| 1971 | Quilvio Veras, born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, infielder for the Florida Marlins |
| 1970 | Keith Franklin, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1970 | Matt Gay, WLAF safety for the Rhein Fire |
| 1969 | David Morland, born in North Bay, Ontario, golfer, 1992 Trafalgar Rookie of Year |
| 1969 | Reid Hayston Hamilton, born in New Zealand, beach volleyball player 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Rodney Hampton, NFL running back for the New York Giants |
| 1968 | Bernd Karbacher, Germany, tennis star |
| 1968 | Sebastian Philip Clerk Bach, born in Bahamas, rock, Skid Row-Psycho Love |
| 1968 | Sebastian Bach, Canadian Musician |
| 1967 | Brent Gilchrist, Moose Jaw, NHL center for the Dallas Stars |
| 1967 | Pervis Ellison, NBA forward and center for the Boston Celtics |
| 1966 | Bo Orlando, NFL safety, San Diego Chargers, Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1966 | Shelley Michelle, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Golden Eye |
| 1964 | Ajay Sharma, cricketer, Indian spin all-rounder played one Test 1988 |
| 1963 | Chris Bosio, baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners |
| 1963 | Zakir Khan, cricketer, two Tests for Pakistan 1986 - 1989 |
| 1963 | Michael Schiavo, American Celebrity |
| 1962 | John Gruffith, rocker, Red Rockers |
| 1962 | Mike Ness, rocker, Social Distortion |
| 1962 | Nancy Filteau, Swift Current, Saskatchawan, 72k judoka 1996 Olympics |
| 1961 | Eddie Murphy, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, SNL, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw |
| 1961 | Melissa Etheridge, rock guitarist and vocalist, Come to My Window |
| 1959 | David Hyde Pierce, born in New York, actor, Niles Crane-Fraiser |
| 1958 | Alec Baldwin, born in Amityville, New York, actor, Joshua-Knots Landing, Beetlejuice |
| 1957 | Charles Jones, NBA forward for the Houston Rockets |
| 1956 | Miguel Bose, born in Panama, spanish singer and actor, El Avaro, Queen Margot |
| 1956 | Ray Combs, born in Hamilton, Ohio, comedian, host of 'Family Feud' television game show |
| 1955 | Aleksandr Nikolayevich Yablontsev, Russian Lt-colonel and cosmonaut |
| 1953 | Huub van der Lubbe, Dutch rock singer, Stampei-The Dike |
| 1951 | Gwen Welles, U.S. actress, Desert Hearts, Nashville |
| 1951 | Mel Schacher, born in Michigan, bassist, Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful |
| 1950 | Curtis Stone, born in Hollywood, California, singer, Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry |
| 1949 | Jan Keizer, Dutch singer, BZN-Rhythm of My Heart |
| 1949 | Lyle Alzado, NFLer, Los Angeles Raiders and actor, Oceans of Fire, Hangfire |
| 1949 | Richard Thompson, vocalist and guitarist, Shoot Out the Lights |
| 1948 | Garrick Ohlsson, born in Bronxville, New York, pianist, International Busoni winner 1969 |
| 1948 | Jaap G de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch MP, CDA |
| 1948 | Mary Gordon-Watson, born in England, equestrian 3 day event, 1972 Olympics gold |
| 1946 | Carlos Salinas de Gortari, president, Mexico, 1988 - 1994 |
| 1946 | Dee Murray, rocker, Elton John Band |
| 1946 | John Virgo, British snooker player |
| 1945 | Catherine Spaak, born in France, actress, Libertine, Hotel, Circle of Love |
| 1945 | Richard Manuel, rock pianist and vocalist, Band-Up on Cripple Creek |
| 1945 | Wim J Deetman, Dutch minister of education and MP, CDA |
| 1944 | Barry Pritchard, rock guitarist, Fortunes |
| 1944 | Tony Orlando, born in New York City, singer, Dawn-Tie a Yellow Ribbon |
| 1943 | Jonathan Lynn, born in Bath, England, writer and actor, Greedy, Bar Mitzvah Boy |
| 1942 | Billy Joe Royal, born in Valdosta, Georgia, country singer, Down in the Boondocks |
| 1942 | Marsha Mason, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Blume in Love, Cinderella Liberty |
| 1942 | Michael Elliott, U.S., skier 1968 Olympics |
| 1942 | Rick Sylvester, parachute ski jumper, world record 3,300' |
| 1942 | Wayne Newton, born in Roanoke, Virginia, singer, Danke Schon |
| 1941 | Eric Braeden, born in Austria, actor, Victor Newman-Young and Restless, Colossus |
| 1941 | Jan Berry, born in Los Angeles, California, rock vocalist, Jan and Dean-Deadman's Curve |
| 1940 | Lino Brocka, born in San Jose, Philippines, director, Macho Dancer, Jaguar |
| 1940 | R S Burman, CEO, Association of British Chambers of Commerce |
| 1939 | Malcolm Thornton, born in England, politician, Conservative party, Member of Parliament for Liverpool 1979 - 1983, Member of Parliament for Crosby 1983 - 1997 |
| 1939 | Vitaliy Davidov, born in U.S.S.R., ice hockey player, Gold Medals 1964, 1968, 1972 Olympics |
| 1938 | Jeff Barry, born in Brooklyn, New York, rock writer, Tell Laura I Love Her |
| 1938 | Philippe Wynne, U.S. soul singer, Detroit Spinners, Ghetto Child |
| 1937 | Sandra Spuzich, LPGA golfer |
| 1937 | Simon Brown, British high court judge |
| 1937 | William Gaunt, born in Leeds, England, actor, Champions |
| 1935 | Jeffery Bowman, CEO, Price Waterhouse Europe |
| 1934 | David Jones, British reverend and headmaster, Bryanston School |
| 1934 | Jane Goodall, born in London, England, ethologist, studied African chimps |
| 1934 | Jim Parker, NFL guard, tackle for the Baltimore Colts |
| 1934 | John Lelliott, English contractor and multi-millionaire |
| 1933 | Bob Dornan, born in New York City, New York, Representative-R-California 1977 - 1983 and 1985 - 1997 |
| 1932 | Janet Bately, Professor of English Language, King's College London |
| 1932 | Nourse, British lord justice |
| 1931 | Johnny Nicholss, soccer star |
| 1930 | Helmut Kohl, chancellor, Germany, 1982- |
| 1930 | Lawton Chiles, Florida Senator 1971 - 1989, Governor of Florida 1991 - 1998, Democrat |
| 1930 | Max Frankel, journalist, Tables of Id of Organic Compounds |
| 1929 | Dennis Farr, director, Courtauld Institute Galleries |
| 1929 | Miyoshi Umeki, born in Japan, actress, Mrs Livingston-Courtship of Eddie's Father |
| 1928 | Don Gibson, born in Shelby, North Carolina, singer/writer, I can't Stop Loving You, Oh Lonesome Me |
| 1927 | Eva Szekely, Hungary, 200m backstroke swimmer, 1952 Olympics gold |
| 1926 | Andrew Keir, actor, Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt, Catholics |
| 1926 | Virgil Grissom, born in Mitchell, Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Merc 4, Gemini 3 |
| 1925 | Tony Benn, British minister of technology, 1968 |
| 1924 | Canon A. D. Caesar, Sub Dean, HM Chapels Royal |
| 1924 | Doris Day, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, girl next door actress, Pillow Talk |
| 1924 | Marlon Brando, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actor, Superman, Godfather |
| 1924 | Murray Dickie, opera singer and director |
| 1923 | Jan Sterling, born in New York City, actress, 1st Monday in October, HS Confidential |
| 1923 | John Smith, English large landowner/financier/MP, C |
| 1921 | Harry Landers, born in New York City, actor, Ted Hoffman-Ben Casey |
| 1920 | Stan Freeman, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, pianist, Melody Tour |
| 1919 | Hugh FitzRoy, born in Cape Town, South Africa, 11th Duke of Grafton, Deputy Lieutenant, KG, patrilineal descendant of King Charles II's third eldest illegitimate son |
| 1918 | Enrique Iturriaga, composer |
| 1918 | Louis Applebaum, composer |
| 1918 | Sixten Ehrling, born in Malmo, Sweden, conductor, Royal Opera of Stockholm |
| 1917 | Bill Finegan, born in Newark, New Jersey, Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue |
| 1917 | Tibor Andrasovan, composer |
| 1916 | Herb Caen, born in Sacramento, California, columnist, SF Chronicle |
| 1916 | Robert Jesse Charleston, museum Curator |
| 1914 | Katherine Stammers Menzies, born in England, doubles tennis player, Wimb 1935 |
| 1913 | F H Tate, vice-CEO, Tate and Lyle |
| 1913 | George Barati, composer |
| 1912 | Addeke H Boerma, Dutch dir-gen, FAO |
| 1912 | Bert Bakker, Dutch publisher, Free Netherlands |
| 1911 | Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist |
| 1911 | Michael Woodruff, FRS, surgeon |
| 1911 | W R Lee, language teacher |
| 1909 | Hutton Gibson, American Writer |
| 1907 | Isaac Deutscher, Polish/English historian, Stalin/Trotsky biography |
| 1906 | Kathleen Tillotson, Emeritus Professor of English, Bedford College |
| 1904 | Iron Eyes Cody, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, actor, Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp |
| 1904 | Peter Van Steeden, born in Amsterdam Netherlands, orchestra leader, Break the Bank |
| 1903 | Peter Huchel, writer |
| 1902 | Henri Garat, born in Paris, France, actor, Congress Dances |
| 1902 | Siguringi Eirikur Hjorleifsson, composer |
| 1900 | Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon |
| 1899 | Cees Lasseur, Dutch actor and owner, Hague Comedy |
| 1898 | George Jessel, toastmaster general/entertainer, Diary of Young Comic |
| 1898 | Henry R. Luce, born in Tengchow, China, publisher, Time, Fortune, Life |
| 1896 | Douwe Kalma, Dutch literary and leader, Young Frisian Movement |
| 1895 | Bjarne Brustad, composer |
| 1895 | Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Firenze, Florence, Italy, composer |
| 1894 | Dooley Wilson, born in Tyler, Texas, actor, Bill-Beulah, Casablanca |
| 1894 | Dora Russell, English Celebrity |
| 1893 | Leslie Howard, born in London, actor, 'Gone With the Wind' |
| 1889 | Grigoras Dinicu, composer |
| 1888 | Neville Cardus, cricketer, doyen of cricket writers |
| 1885 | Harry St. John Philby, sheik Abdullah, British explorer |
| 1885 | Allan Dwan, Canadian Director |
| 1884 | Jackie Matthews, cricketer, Australia leg-spinner, two hat-tricks 1912 |
| 1882 | Simon Elzinga, Dutch educator |
| 1881 | Alcide de Gasperi, Italian premier, 1945 - 1953 |
| 1880 | Otto Weininger, Austrian Philosopher |
| 1874 | Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, composer |
| 1871 | Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet, El Florilegio |
| 1866 | James B. Hertzog, South African general/premier, 1914 - 1939 |
| 1860 | Frederik W van Eeden, Dutch utopian writer, Walden |
| 1859 | Reginald De Koven, composer |
| 1858 | Matthew Ricketts, 1st Black man elected to Neb State Legislature |
| 1842 | Ulric Dahlgren, Col Union volunteers |
| 1838 | Leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier, 1881 - 1882 |
| 1837 | John Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast, Burroughs Medal namesake |
| 1825 | Adolf Rzepko, composer |
| 1823 | Boss Tweed, corrupt Democratic political boss, Tammany Hall in New York City |
| 1822 | Edward Everett Hale, U.S., clergyman/author, Man without a Country |
| 1812 | Louisa Maria, Queen of the Belgians, 1832 - 1850, wife of Leopold I |
| 1798 | Charles D. Wilkes, Commander Union Navy |
| 1783 | Washington Irving, U.S. writer, Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| 1764 | John Abernethy, London, surgeon |
| 1757 | Ferenc Verseghy, composer |
| 1751 | Jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer |
| 1727 | Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver |
| 1720 | Elia van Vilnius, Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman, Latvian rabbi |
| 1682 | Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German benedictine and composer |
| 1649 | Joseph-Francois Salomon, composer |
| 1627 | Johann Caspar Kerll, composer |
| 1617 | Antimo Liberati, composer |
| 1603 | William Smith, composer |
| 1593 | George Herbert, English metaphysical poet, 5 Mystical Songs |
| 1569 | Giovanni Battista Massarengo, composer |
| 1485 | Lieven van der Maude [Ammonius], born in South Netherland, poet |
| 1438 | John III van Egmont, Manke John, viceroy of Holland |
| 1367 | Henry IV, Bolingbroke Lincolnshire, King of England, 1399 - 1413 |
| 1245 | Philips III, the Stout, King of France, 1270 - 1285 |
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