| 1984 | Paul Gallagher, Scottish Athlete |
| 1983 | Ashley Johnson, actress, Chrissy-Growing Pains |
| 1979 | Alizah Allen, born in New York City, New York, figure skater, 1997 North Atlantic Sr champ |
| 1979 | Jessica Gregory, Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 1997 |
| 1978 | Audrey Tautou, born in Beaumont, France, actress, films include, 'Amelie', 'The Da Vinci Code', 'Coco Before Chanel', 'Priceless' |
| 1976 | Rhona Mitra, British Actress |
| 1975 | Mathew James Coad, born in Wellington, New Zealand, 100m/200m runner 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Derek Fisher, NBA guard, Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1974 | Tremayne Allen, tight end for the Chicago Bears |
| 1973 | James McKeehan, tight end for the Tennessee Oilers |
| 1973 | Jay Hagood, tackle for the New York Jets |
| 1973 | Jimmy King, NBA guard for the Toronto Raptors |
| 1973 | Jochen Molling, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998 |
| 1973 | Larry Stallworth, WLAF wide receiver for the London Monarchs |
| 1972 | Elizabeth Vassey, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, actress, Emily Martin-All My Children |
| 1972 | Eric Zomalt, NFL strong safety for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1972 | Robert Peal, born in Chicago, Illinois, dance skater, & Margot Contois |
| 1972 | Silvia Ramon-Cortes, born in Barcelona, Spain, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Vigo |
| 1971 | Alan Allen, NFL/WLAF wide receiver, New York Jets, London Monarchs |
| 1971 | David Merritt, WLAF linebacker for the Rhein Fire |
| 1971 | Mary Joe Fernandez, Dominican Republic, tennis player, U.S. National 16s |
| 1971 | Nikki Schieler, born in Norwalk, California, playmate, Sep, 1997 |
| 1971 | Scott Karl, born in Fontana, California, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers |
| 1970 | Chris Gedney, NFL tight end, Chicago Bears, Arizona Cardinals |
| 1970 | Rod Brind'amour, Ottawa, NHL center, Philadelphia Flyers, Team Canada 98 |
| 1970 | Thomas Lennon, American Actor |
| 1969 | Troy Percival, born in Fontana, California, pitcher for the California Angels |
| 1968 | Gillian Anderson, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, X-Files |
| 1968 | Jay Stacy, Australia field hockey midfielder, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Eric Bana, born in Melbourne, Australia, actor, appeared on 'Tonight Live', 'Full Frontal' television shows, appeared in film, 'Munich', 'Lucky You', 'The Other Boleyn Girl' |
| 1967 | Debbie Spence, San Jose Cal, tennis star |
| 1967 | Deborah Lee, Hamilton Ontario, LPGA golfer, 1989 National Amat France |
| 1967 | Deion Sanders, NFL defensive, Cowboys, centerfielder, Yankees |
| 1967 | Elexa Wills/Orrange, Orange Texas, long jumper/triple jumper |
| 1966 | Pat Petersen, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Michael-Knots Landing |
| 1966 | Vinny Del Negro, NBA guard for the San Antonio Spurs |
| 1965 | Ezra Polley, Georgetown Kentucky, pitcher, New York Yankees |
| 1965 | John Smith, born in Del City, Oklahoma, 62kg freestyle wrestler, Gold Medals 1988, 1992 Olympics |
| 1965 | Kyle Kyle, Kensington, Pennsylvania, rock bassist, Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals |
| 1964 | Brett Hull, born in Belleville, Ontario, NHL right wing, St. Louis Blues, USA |
| 1964 | Yuri Khmylev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL left wing for the Buffalo Sabres |
| 1963 | Lonnie Quinn, Cheshire Conn, actor, Will Cooley-All My Children |
| 1963 | Whitney Houston, born in Newark, New Jersey, singer, One Moment in Time, Bodyguard |
| 1962 | Jim Johnson, New Hope, NHL defenseman for the Washington Capitals |
| 1962 | John Williams, NBA center and forward for the Phoenix Suns |
| 1962 | Michael Colnroy, Modern English, rocker |
| 1961 | Brad Gilbert, born in Oakland California, tennis star |
| 1959 | Diane Williams, Hahn AFB Ger, singer, Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel |
| 1959 | Kurtis Blow, New York City, rapper, Krushgroove-The Breaks |
| 1958 | Amanda Bearse, actress, Marcy Rhodes-Married With Children |
| 1958 | Greg Chaisson, heavy metal rocker, Badlands-Dreams in the Dark |
| 1957 | Melanie Griffith, actress, Working Girl, Milk Money, Now and Then |
| 1955 | Doug Williams, Louisiana, NFL quarterback, Tampa Bay Bucaneers, Washington Redskins |
| 1955 | John Sweeney, American Politician |
| 1952 | Vicki Morgan, Colorado Springs Colo, mistress, Beautiful Bad Girl |
| 1950 | Roelof S "Roel" Bakker, Dutch actor and director, Love Potion |
| 1949 | Jonathan Kellerman, American Psychologist |
| 1947 | Barbara Mason, U.S. singer, Yes, I'm Ready |
| 1946 | Maarnus Gerritsen, Dutch rocker, Golden Earring |
| 1946 | Rinus Gerritsen, Dutch rock bassist/keyboardist, Golden Earring |
| 1945 | Ken Norton, heavyweight boxing champ/TV panelist, Gong Show |
| 1944 | Gerrit Jan Wolffensperger, Dutch MP, D66 |
| 1944 | Sam Elliott, Sacramento California, actor, Big Chill, Fatal Beauty |
| 1944 | Terry Jenner, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner 1971-75 |
| 1944 | Viv Prince, rocker, Pretty Things |
| 1942 | David Steinberg, Winnipeg Canada, comedian/director, End |
| 1942 | Miguel Littin, actor, Promised Land, Alsino and Condor |
| 1940 | Beverlee McKinsey, Oklahoma, actress, Iris-Another World, Guiding Light |
| 1939 | Billy Henderson, rocker, Spinners-That's What Girls Are Made For |
| 1939 | Claude Osteen, baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds |
| 1939 | Max Neuhaus, born in Beaumont, Texas, composer, percussionist, avant-garde, experimental genres, interpreter of contemporary music, sound art pioneer, designed sound generation and projection systems |
| 1939 | Tony Budge, English contractor/tank maker/multi-millionaire |
| 1939 | Romano Prodi, Italian Statesman |
| 1939 | Michael Storm, American Actor |
| 1938 | Dick Anthony Williams, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Our Family Honor |
| 1938 | Rod Laver, Australia, tennis ace, 1962, 1969 Grand Slam |
| 1938 | Leonid Kuchma, born in Chaikyne, Ukraine, statesman, politician, President of independent Ukraine 1994 - 2005 |
| 1935 | George S Leotsakos, composer |
| 1931 | Mark Weinberg, South African/British fiancier/multi-millionaire |
| 1928 | Bob Cousy, NBA guard, Boston Celtics, 1957 MVP |
| 1927 | Marvin Minsky, Artifical intelligence computer scientist, MIT |
| 1927 | Robert Shaw, born in England, actor, Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday |
| 1926 | Denis Atkinson, cricketer, WI all-rounder, 219 vs. Australia 1955 |
| 1926 | Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch jazz historian, Mister Jazz |
| 1925 | Robert Heppener, composer, Hymns and Conversations, Movie Music |
| 1923 | Gerrit Kouwenaar, Dutch literary |
| 1922 | Philip Larkin, born in Coventry, England, writer, North Ship, Jill |
| 1921 | J. James Exon, born in Geddes, South Dakota, Senator-D-Nebraska 1979 - 1997 |
| 1919 | Joop [Johannes] den Uyl, Dutch Premier, PVDA, 1973 - 1977 |
| 1919 | Ralph Houk, baseball manager, Yankees, Tigers |
| 1918 | Robert Aldrich, U.S. director/producer, Dirty Dozen |
| 1915 | Haim Alexander, composer |
| 1914 | Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor |
| 1914 | Gordon Cullen, architect |
| 1914 | Joseph M "Joop" Lucker, Dutch journalist/editor in chief, Volkskrant |
| 1914 | Tove Jansson, Finnish Novelist |
| 1913 | Harry Mills, singer, Mills Brothers-Paper Moon |
| 1913 | Herman Talmadge, born in McRae, Georgia, Senator-D-Georgia 1957 - 1981, Governor of Georgia 1948 - 1955, Watergate Committee |
| 1911 | Khurshed Meher-Homji, cricketer, Indian wicket-keeper 1936 |
| 1911 | Robert McCormick, Danville, Kentucky, NBC newscaster, Current Opinion |
| 1911 | William A Fowler, U.S., astrophysicist, Nobel 1983 |
| 1910 | Robert H van Gulik, Dutch diplomat/writer, Judge Ti |
| 1909 | John Baur, museum director/author, American Paintings in 19th Century |
| 1907 | Berta Waterstradt, writer |
| 1905 | Elizabeth Lane, 1st female British supreme court justice |
| 1905 | Leo Genn, born in London, England, actor, Affair in Monte Carlo |
| 1903 | Tom Tyler, Vincent Markowsky, Port Henry, New York, actor, Mummy's Hand |
| 1902 | Zino Francescatti, Marseilles France, violinist, New York Phil-1939 |
| 1901 | Charles Farrell, Cape Cod Massachusetts, actor, Vern-My Little Margie |
| 1899 | Armand Salacrou, French playwright |
| 1899 | Pamela Lyndon Travers, writer, Mary Poppins |
| 1899 | P. L. Travers, Australian Writer |
| 1898 | David de Jong, Dutch writer, Mutiny on the Canal |
| 1898 | Brooks Hays, American Politician |
| 1897 | Ralph Wyckoff, American pioneer in x-ray crystallography |
| 1896 | Jean Piaget, born in Switzerland, pioneer developmental psychologist and zoologist |
| 1896 | Leonide Massine, choreographer, Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1914-20 |
| 1895 | Fred Badcock, cricketer, swing bowler in New Zealand's 1st Test matches |
| 1895 | Nat Pendleton, Davenport, Iowa, Olympic wrestler/actor, Reckless |
| 1892 | Charles Delaney, New York City, actor, Air Police, Lonesome Trail |
| 1891 | Max Tak, Dutch violinist and radio commentator |
| 1890 | Cesar Cortinas, composer |
| 1890 | Eino Kaila, Finnish psychologist/philosopher |
| 1890 | Sandor Jemnitz, composer |
| 1888 | Hans Oster, German major general/spy/July 20th plotter |
| 1887 | Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist, Swammerdam |
| 1884 | Maria "Mary" Beekman, actress, Genius against Violence |
| 1883 | George Hoyt, NBA hall of fame referee, elected 1961 |
| 1875 | Albert William Ketelbey, Aston England, composer, Wonder Worker |
| 1875 | Reynaldo Hahn, composer |
| 1874 | Reynaldo Hahn, composer |
| 1871 | Leonid Andreyev, Russian Playwright |
| 1869 | Randle Ayrton, Chester England, actor, Manxman |
| 1861 | Wilhelm Berger, composer |
| 1845 | Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator |
| 1834 | Elias Alvares Lobo, composer |
| 1825 | Elisha P. Ferry, Washington Governor 1889 - 1893, Republican |
| 1824 | Simon Goodell Griffin, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1823 | Daniel Marsh Frost, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1819 | William Thomas Green Morton, dentist, used ether, HOF 1920 |
| 1808 | William Thomas Ward, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1788 | Adoniram Judson, American Clergyman |
| 1781 | Michael Umlauf, composer |
| 1758 | Bruno Dalberg/Anonymus Belga, Petrus the Wacker van Zon, writer |
| 1718 | Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer |
| 1696 | Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general |
| 1690 | Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri, composer |
| 1677 | Jacob Campo Weyerman, South Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer |
| 1631 | John Dryden, English poet/playwright, Heroic Stanzas |
| 1611 | Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst, Netherlands |
| 1593 | Izaak Walton, England, biographer/fisherman/writer, Compleat Angler |
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