| 1975 | Raleigh Roundtree, tackle for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1974 | Andrei Medvedev, born in Kiev, Ukraine, tennis star, 1991 French Open junior |
| 1974 | Jeremy O'day, CFL offensive linebacker for the Toronto Argonauts |
| 1974 | Jessy Viceisza, Miss Universe-Bonaire 1996 |
| 1973 | Earl Scott, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1973 | Priest Lauderdale, NBA center for the Denver Nuggets |
| 1973 | Reggie Geary, NBA guard for the San Antonio Spurs |
| 1973 | Scott Niedermayer, Edmonton, NHL defenseman for the New Jersey Devils |
| 1972 | Chris Tucker, American Actor |
| 1971 | Greg Jefferson, NFL defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1971 | Mike Caldwell, NFL linebacker, Cleveland Browns, Arizona Cardinals |
| 1970 | Deborah, Debbie, Gibson, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, Only in My Dreams |
| 1970 | James Robinson, NBA guard, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1970 | Steve Nikataras, cricketer, left-arm pace bowler for NSW 1996-97 |
| 1970 | Debbie Gibson, American Musician |
| 1969 | Andrei Trefilov, Kirovo Russia, NHL goalie, Buffalo Sabres, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics |
| 1969 | Andrew Phillip Cunanan, serial killer, Gianni Versache |
| 1969 | Javagal Srinath, cricketer, Indian right-arm pace bowler since 1991 |
| 1969 | Nathan Minchey, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox |
| 1969 | Victor Alexander, NBA forward and center for the New York Knicks |
| 1968 | Glenroy Gilbert, Trinidad, Canadian 4X100m sprinter, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1968 | Hideo Nomo, born in Osaka, Japan, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 1968 | Jennifer Azzi, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, basketball guard, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1968 | Jim Bob Howard, Wichita Falls Texas, actor, Flash and Bone |
| 1968 | Jolene Watanabe, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Evansville |
| 1967 | Diane Madl, Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, field hockey forward/midfielder 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Melanie Sullivan, Branford, Connecticut, WPVA volleyballer, National-13th-1994 |
| 1966 | Jeff Frye, born in Oakland California, infielder for the Boston Red Sox |
| 1965 | Willie Watson, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand |
| 1963 | Reb Beach, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, musician, guitarist, member of bands Winger, Dokken, Whitesnake |
| 1963 | Sonny Silooy, born in Rotterdam, Holland, born Jan Jacobus Silooy, professional Dutch soccer player from 1981 - 2002 |
| 1962 | Wanda Guenette, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyballer 1996 Olympics |
| 1961 | David Chastain, heavy metal rocker, Chastain-Rule of Wasteland |
| 1959 | Rachel Dennison, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actress, Doralee Rhodes-9 to 5 |
| 1959 | Tony DeFranco, rocker, DeFranco Family |
| 1958 | David H Mattheisen, Blue Island, Illinois, PhD/astronaut, STS-73 alt |
| 1958 | Julie Brown, born in Van Nuys, California, singer, comedienne, screenwriter, appeared in 'Earth Girls are Easy', songs include, 'The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun' |
| 1957 | Gina Schock, rocker, Gogos-Our Lips Are Sealed |
| 1957 | Glenn Tilbrook, London, rock vocalist and guitarist, Squeeze-Tempted |
| 1957 | Tom Candiotti, born in Walnut Creek, California, pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, also played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angelese Dodgers, and the Oakland Athletics |
| 1955 | Edwin Corley Moses, Dayton, 400m hurdler, Gold Medals 1976, 1984 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1988 Olympics |
| 1955 | Gary Webb, born in America, investigative journalist, wrote articles for 'San Jose Mercury News' about Nicaraguan cocaine smugglers linked to CIA-backed Contras |
| 1954 | Tula, Barry Kenneth Cossey, England, transsexual, For Your Eyes Only |
| 1954 | Robert Kocharian, born in Stepanakert, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union, politician, President of Armenia 1998 - 2008, President of Nagorno-Karabakh from 1994 - 1997 |
| 1953 | Marcia Clark, Kleks, born in Berkeley, California, LA DA, OJ Simpson Case |
| 1952 | Bruce Soboroff, born in Chicago, Illinois, rocker, Buckinghams |
| 1952 | Rudolf Schenker, German rock guitarist, Scorpions-Virgin Killer |
| 1949 | Richard Gere, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman |
| 1949 | Rick Roberts, rocker, Firefall |
| 1946 | Jerome Corsi, American Author |
| 1945 | Leonid Ivanovich Popov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 35/37, 40, T-7 |
| 1945 | Van Morrison, British Musician |
| 1945 | Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician |
| 1944 | Clive Hubert Lloyd, cricketer, "Supercat", 110 Tests 1966-85 |
| 1942 | Carole Wells, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, actress, Pistols 'n' Petticoats |
| 1942 | Isao Aoki, Abiko Chiba Japan, PGA golfer, 1983 Hawaiian Open |
| 1941 | Emanuel Nunes, born in Lisbon, Portugal, composer, winner of the UNESCO Composition Prize, 1999, won Premio Pessoa, 2000 |
| 1941 | Henk Terlingen, Dutch radio/TV-host, Paul Meier Show |
| 1940 | Alain Calmat, France, figure skater 1964 Olympic silver |
| 1940 | Jack Thompson, John Pain, Sydney Australia, actor, Breaker Morant |
| 1939 | Jerry Allison, Hillsboro, Texas, rock drummer, Buddy Holly and Crickets |
| 1937 | Guido de Moor, Dutch actor, Apart, Because the Cats |
| 1937 | Warren Berlinger, Brooklyn, actor, Larry-Joey Bishop Shop, Take Two |
| 1936 | Marva Nettles Collins, educator, west side preparatory school |
| 1935 | Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther turned Republican |
| 1935 | Frank Robinson, baseball player/manager, MVP 1961-NL 1966-AL |
| 1932 | Robert [Franklin] Adams, U.S., sci-fi author, Castaways in Time |
| 1932 | Roy Castle, born in Scholes, England, singer, musician, jazz trumpet player, television celebrity, starred in BBC's 'The Roy Castle Show' |
| 1931 | Jean Marc Beliveau, NHL center, Montreal Canadiens, 10 Stanley Cups |
| 1930 | Owen B. Pickett, born in Richmond, Virginia, Representative-D-Virginia 1987 - 2001 |
| 1930 | Tiny Little, Jr., Worthington, Minnesota, pianist, Lawrence Welk Show |
| 1930 | Raymond J. Donovan, American Politician |
| 1929 | Julio Ramon Ribeyro, writer |
| 1928 | James Coburn, Laurel Nebr, actor, Our Man Flint, Magnificent Seven |
| 1928 | Jeremy Stephen Maas, writer/art dealer |
| 1926 | Georgiy Petrovich Katys, Russia, cosmonaut, Voskhod 1 backup |
| 1926 | Jan de Koning, minister of Agriculture/Social Businesses, CDA |
| 1924 | Klaus Hashagen, composer |
| 1924 | Buddy Hackett, American Comedian |
| 1924 | George Sewell, English Actor |
| 1923 | Larry White Grayson, British comedian, Generation Game |
| 1923 | Serafina K "Sera" Anstadt, Polish/Dutch actress/author |
| 1921 | Raymond Williams, Welsh Novelist |
| 1920 | James Lanphier, New York, actor, Flight of Lost Balloon |
| 1918 | Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer, Lerner and Loewe-My Fair Lady |
| 1918 | Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, composer |
| 1916 | Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist, CBS |
| 1914 | Richard Basehart, Zanesville, Ohio, actor, Voyage to Bottom of Sea |
| 1913 | Michiel P Gorsira, 1st Dutch Antillean in charge of Curaeao, 1951-67 |
| 1912 | Ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone |
| 1912 | Reinoud Anders, Dutch actor, Hamlet |
| 1911 | Hilde Jarecki, educationist |
| 1908 | Lab Rachel Katherine Hamilton-Russell ouchere, local historian |
| 1908 | Peter Conrad Baden, composer |
| 1908 | William Saroyan, U.S., novelist/playwright, Time of Your Life |
| 1907 | Augustus F. Hawkins, born in Bethesda, Maryland, Representative-D-California 1963 - 1975 and 1975 - 1991 |
| 1907 | Ramon Magsaysay, Philippines, statesman, U.S. Legion of Merit-1952 |
| 1906 | Vivienne Byerley, publicist |
| 1905 | Dore Schary, producer/writer/director, Act 1, Boys Town, Big City |
| 1903 | Arthur Godfrey, New York City, radio/TV host, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout |
| 1903 | Bernard Lovell, England, radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank |
| 1900 | Roland Culver, born in London, England, actor, Thunderball, Encore |
| 1899 | Paul E Garber, U.S. founder/1st curator of National Air and Space Museum |
| 1899 | Walter Muller von Kulm, composer |
| 1897 | Frederic March, Wisconsin, actor, Dr. Jeckyll-Academy Awards 1932/1946 |
| 1897 | Marianne Bruns, writer |
| 1897 | Fredric March, American Actor |
| 1895 | Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer |
| 1894 | Charles Reznikoff, American Poet |
| 1892 | Claire DuBrey, Bonner's Ferry ID, actress, Lightnin' in the Forest |
| 1889 | A Provost Idell, father of modern volleyball |
| 1888 | Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat, La Obra de Trajano |
| 1887 | Friedrich A. Paneth, Austrian/British chemist |
| 1885 | DuBose Heyward, novelist, Porgy |
| 1884 | George Al Sarton, Belgian/U.S. historian |
| 1880 | Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands, 1898-1948 |
| 1879 | Joshihito, emperor of Japan, 1912-26 |
| 1879 | Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer |
| 1878 | Albert Riemenschneider, composer |
| 1874 | Edward Thorndike, American Psychologist |
| 1870 | Maria Montessori, Italy, educator, spontaneous response |
| 1864 | Max Wilhelm Zach, composer |
| 1856 | Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer |
| 1855 | Stefan Surzynski, composer |
| 1852 | Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister |
| 1834 | Amilcare Ponchielli, Paderno Italy, composer, I Lituani |
| 1828 | George Leonard Andrews, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1823 | Galusha Aaron Grow, MC, Union |
| 1822 | Fitz John Porter, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1821 | Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer |
| 1821 | Hermann von Helmholtz, German Physicist |
| 1811 | Goode Bryan, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1811 | Theophile Gautier, Tarbas France, writer/poet, Albertus |
| 1775 | Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer |
| 1755 | Johann Ignaz Walter, composer |
| 1748 | Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer |
| 1741 | Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer |
| 1696 | Johann Paul Kunzen, composer |
| 1663 | Guillaume Amontons, French physicist |
| 1602 | Amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, wife of Governor Frederik Hendrik |
| 1569 | Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India |
| 161 | Lucius A. A. Coomodus, emperor of Rome, 180-91 |
| 12 | Caligula, Gaius Caesar, 3rd Roman emperor, 37-41 AD |
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