| 1980 | Rider Strong, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Shawn Hunter-Boy Meets World |
| 1976 | Shareef AbdurRahim, NBA forward for the Vancouver Grizzlies |
| 1974 | Kevin Devine, cornerback/kick returner for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1973 | Erin Moorad, born in Chicago, Illinois, pairs skater, & Richard Gillam |
| 1973 | Luke Casserly, Australian soccer defender, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Ralph Intranuovo, East York, NHL center for the Edmonton Oilers |
| 1973 | Mos Def, also known as Dante Terrel Smith, American Musician |
| 1972 | Daniel Alfredsson, Grums Swe, NHL right wing, Ottawa Senators |
| 1972 | Francisco Rodriguez, born in Brooklyn, New York, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins |
| 1972 | Robert Robinson, CFL defensive linebacker for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1971 | Cedric Ihalauw, soccer player, Roda JC |
| 1971 | Willie McGinest, NFL outside linebacker for the New England Patriots |
| 1971 | Harry Knowles, American Critic |
| 1970 | Danan Hughes, NFL wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1970 | Doug Nussmeier, NFL quarterback for the New Orleans Saints |
| 1970 | Errict Rhett, NFL running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1970 | Victoria Fuller, born in Santa Barbara, California, playmate, Jan, 1996 |
| 1968 | Derek Bell, Tampa Florida, outfielder for the Houston Astros |
| 1968 | Mark Dailey, Parma Ohio, 1.5k runner |
| 1967 | Davidson Matyczuk, Thunder Bay Ont, golfer, Thunder Bay-1986, 87 |
| 1967 | Jackie Gallagher-Smith, LPGA golfer |
| 1967 | Katy Steding, Lake Oswego Oregon, basketball forward, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Richard Stemp, cricketer, Yorkshire and England A left-arm spinner |
| 1966 | Terry Sharpe, rocker, The Adventures, Starjets-Starjets |
| 1965 | Jay Bell, Eglin AFB, Florida, infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 1965 | Laurie Carr, born in Dallas, Texas, playmate, Dec, 1986 |
| 1964 | Dave Gagner, Chatham, NHL center for the Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1964 | Justin Currie, Scottish rock vocalist/bassist, Del Amitri |
| 1964 | Thomas Howard, born in Middletown, Ohio, outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds |
| 1963 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, born in West Germany, tennis star |
| 1963 | John Lammers, Dutch soccer player, NAC |
| 1963 | Mark Greatbatch, cricketer, big-hitting New Zealand opener |
| 1962 | Ejo Elburg, Dutch soccer player, Pax, NEC |
| 1962 | Kim Linehan, swimmer, 1979 1500m World record |
| 1961 | Mike Henneman, St. Charles, Missouri, pitcher for the Texas Rangers |
| 1960 | Danny Mijovic, Belgrade Yugo, Canadian Tour golfer, 1984 Mexican |
| 1960 | Mary Beth Zimmerman, Mount Vernon, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1987 Henredon Classic |
| 1959 | David Iwasaki-Smith, Warragul VIC, Australasia golfer |
| 1959 | Jean-Louis Lamarre, La Prairie Que, golfer, Quebec PGA-1982, 85 |
| 1959 | Tina Gayle, Frankfurt GFR, Cowboy cheerleader/actress, Kathy-Chips |
| 1958 | Nicki Sixx, born in San Jose, California, rock guitarist, Motley Crue-Girls Girls |
| 1958 | Regina Marsikova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star |
| 1958 | Nikki Sixx, born in San Jose, California, musician, songwriter, member, Motley Crue, plays hard rock, heavy metal genres, wrote, most successful album 'Dr. Feelgood' |
| 1955 | Stu Jackson, Reading, Pennsylvania, NBA coach, New York Knicks, 1989-90 |
| 1954 | Bradley Dub Bryant, Amarillo, Texas, PGA golfer, 1995 Walt Disney |
| 1954 | Jermaine Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, singer, Jackson 5-ABC |
| 1954 | Sylvester Clarke, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler and brick-thrower |
| 1953 | Bess Armstrong, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Julia-On Our Own, 4 Seasons, Jaws |
| 1953 | Ken Wahl, actor, Wanderers, Wise Guys |
| 1953 | Peter Isacksen, Dover, New Hampshire, actor, CPO Sharkey, Jessie |
| 1952 | Susan Seidelman, director, Desperately Seeking Susan |
| 1951 | Robert Cochran, Claremont Vt, skier, Olympics-1972 |
| 1950 | Christine Onassis, Andreadis, New York City, Aristotle's daughter |
| 1948 | Elizabeth Baur, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Fran-Ironside, Teresa-Lancer |
| 1947 | Tom Fuccello, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Dave-Dallas |
| 1946 | Rick McCosker, cricketer, fine Australian opener 1975-80 |
| 1946 | Teri Garr, born in Lakewood, Ohio, actress, Mr Mom, Young Frankenstein |
| 1945 | Robert Pickett, born in Somerville, Massachusetts, stage name, Bobby Boris Pickett, singer, co-wrote and performed hit 'Monster Mash' |
| 1944 | Brenda Lee, born in Lithonia, Georgia, singer, I'm Sorry |
| 1944 | David Ashley White, composer |
| 1944 | Lynda Day George, San Marcos, Texas, actress, Casey-Mission Impossible |
| 1943 | Donna Mills, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Knots Landing, Incident |
| 1943 | John F. Kerry, American Politician |
| 1942 | Karen Susman, tennis pro, Wimbledon 1962 |
| 1941 | Max Baucus, born in Helena, Montana, Representative-R-Montana 1975 - 1978, Senator-D-Montana 1978 - |
| 1941 | Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor |
| 1939 | David Gates, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, rock vocalist, Bread-Baby I'm A Want You |
| 1939 | Thomas McGuane, U.S., writer, Colf Feet, Tom Horn, Missouri Breaks |
| 1939 | Tom Hayden, born in Detroit, Michigan, California politician |
| 1937 | Adrian J Vlok, South African NP-minister of Law and Order, 1986- |
| 1937 | Jim Harrison, American Writer |
| 1936 | Hans van den Broek, Dutch foreign minister, -1992 |
| 1935 | Femke Boersma, Dutch actress, Verjaring, Pastorale 1943 |
| 1934 | Ron Carey, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Barney Miller, Montefuscos, High Anxiety |
| 1934 | Salim Durani, cricketer, successful Indian batsman of 60's |
| 1933 | Earnest P van Altena, author/interpreter, Chansons van Earnest |
| 1932 | Aldar Kovacsi, born in Hungary, pentathelete, Gold Medal 1952 Olympics |
| 1932 | Anne Heywood, Violet Pretty, Engl, Miss GB, 1949, actress, Brain |
| 1932 | Wynn Irwin, New York City, actor, Lotsa Luck, Sugar Time |
| 1931 | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, leader B-sect/guru of rich |
| 1931 | Richard Devon, born in Glendale California, actor, Battle of Blood Island |
| 1931 | Rita Moreno, Rosa Dolores Alverio, Humacao PR, West Side Story |
| 1930 | Jean-Louis Trintignant, France, actor and director, Man and a Woman, Z |
| 1930 | Leonard Friedman, violinist |
| 1929 | S P "Fergie" Gupte, cricketer, brilliant Indian leg-spinner |
| 1928 | Tomas Gutierrez Alea, filmmaker |
| 1927 | Stein Eriksen, Norway, giant slalom 1952 Olympics gold |
| 1926 | Big Mama Thornton, blues singer, Ball and Chain, Stronger than Dirt |
| 1924 | Marie Windsor, Emily Marie Bertelson, Utah, actress, Double Deal |
| 1923 | Betsy Blair, actress, Marty |
| 1922 | Grace Paley, born in New York, short story writer, political activist, pacifist, poet |
| 1922 | Peter Birch, Bronx, choreographer, Jane Froman's USA Canteen |
| 1920 | Eddy Firestone, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Eddy-Mixed Doubles |
| 1918 | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, born in Kislovodsk, Russia, Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, writer, won Nobel Prize, 1970, wrote 'The Gulag Archipelago', exiled in 1974 |
| 1915 | Anna van Beers, Graeve, actress, A Woman like Eve |
| 1913 | Carlo Ponti, Milan Italy, married to Sophia Loren/director, 2 Women |
| 1913 | Jean Marais, Cherbourgh France, actor, Donkey Skin, Orpheus |
| 1911 | Nagib Machfus, Egyptian writer, Nobel 1988 |
| 1911 | Vincent Henry Kemp, poet |
| 1910 | Robert Grieve, civil servant |
| 1908 | Elliott Cook Carter, Jr., New York City, composer, Tom and Lily |
| 1908 | Elliot Carter, American Composer |
| 1908 | Elliott Carter, American Composer |
| 1907 | Norbert Rosseau, composer |
| 1906 | Birago Diop, Senegalees writer/ambassador, Leurres et Lueurs |
| 1905 | Eugen Fink, German philosopher |
| 1905 | Gilbert Roland, Luis Alonso, born in Juarez, Mexico, actor, Juarez, Barbarosa |
| 1905 | Koos van de Griend, composer |
| 1904 | Joe Coral, bookmaker |
| 1901 | Michael Oakeshott, English Philosopher |
| 1899 | Vera von der Heydt, psychoanalyst |
| 1898 | Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish poet, Barfotabarn |
| 1896 | Georgi K Zjukov, Russian minister of Defense, WW II |
| 1892 | Leo Ornstein, Kremenchug Russia, composer, Bio in Sonata Form |
| 1890 | Carlos Gardel, Argentinian Musician |
| 1890 | Mark Tobey, American Artist |
| 1889 | Paul Kornfeld, writer |
| 1889 | Walter Knott, American Businessman |
| 1882 | Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45 |
| 1882 | Max Born, Germany, physicist, quantum mechanics, Nobel 1954 |
| 1882 | Fiorello LaGuardia, American Politician |
| 1876 | Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer |
| 1874 | Paul Wegener, German actor and director, Student of Prag |
| 1868 | Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer |
| 1863 | Annie Jump Cannon, U.S., stellar spectroscopist, Harvard-classification |
| 1856 | Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist |
| 1856 | Georgi Valentinovich Plechanow, born in Tambov, Russia, pseudonym, Volgin, writer, author, organized Russia's first political demonstration |
| 1855 | Julian Edwards, composer |
| 1849 | Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist, Courageous Woman |
| 1843 | Robert Koch, German bacteriologist, TB, cholera, Nobel 1905 |
| 1840 | Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet and author, Fatherland-1872 |
| 1838 | Emil Rathenau, German industrialist, AEG |
| 1838 | Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer |
| 1836 | Jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner |
| 1835 | Adolf Stoecker, German anti semite/PM |
| 1823 | Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer |
| 1810 | Alfred de Musset, Paris, writer, Un Caprice, Bettine |
| 1803 | Hector Berlioz, Cote-Saint-Andre, Isere, France, composer, Manque |
| 1801 | Christian Dietrich Grabbe, born in Detmold, Germany, writer, dramatist, anti-Semite, idolized by the Nazis, works include, 'Hannibal', 1835 |
| 1797 | Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral Union Navy |
| 1793 | Pietro Coppola, composer |
| 1783 | Max von Schenkendorf, German poet |
| 1781 | David Brewster, Scotland, physicist/inventor, kaleidoscope |
| 1758 | Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer |
| 1757 | Charles Wesley, composer |
| 1725 | George Mason, American Statesman |
| 1712 | Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic, Viaggio in Russia |
| 1676 | Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer |
| 1566 | Manuel Cardoso, composer |
| 1475 | Leo X, Giovanni de' Medici, Italy, Pope, 1513 - 1521 |
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