| 1980 | Christina Aguilera, American Musician |
| 1978 | Naomi Lang, born in Arcata, California, dance skater, & Peter Tchernyshev |
| 1978 | Katie Holmes, born in Toledo, Ohio, actress, breakout role, Joey Potter on television show, 'Dawson's Creek', appeared in film, 'Batman Begins', married to Tom Cruise |
| 1975 | Michael Barry, Toronto, Ontario, cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1975 | Trish Stratus, American Entertainer |
| 1974 | Peter Boulware, linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens |
| 1973 | Jason Williams, Gonzales, Louisiana, baseball infielder 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1973 | Keith Washington, NFL defensive end, Minnesota Vikings, Baltimore Ravens |
| 1972 | Eric Unverzagt, NFL/WLAF linebacker, Sea Seahawks, Scotland Claymores |
| 1972 | Jeff Nelson, Prince Albert, NHL center for the Washington Capitals |
| 1972 | Marcos Ondruska, South Africa, tennis star |
| 1971 | Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Barcelona, tennis star, Silver and Bronze Medals 1992 Olympics |
| 1971 | Frank Pimiskern, CFL safety for the BC Lions |
| 1971 | Joe Dziedzic, Minneapolis, NHL left wing for the Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1971 | Markus Finke, WLAF running back for the Rhein Fire |
| 1971 | Neil Little, Medicine Hat, NHL goalie for the Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1970 | Lucious Harris, NBA guard, New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks |
| 1970 | Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress |
| 1969 | Andrew Murphy, Australian long jumper/triple jumper 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Chris Dausin, WLAF corner/guard for the Scottish Claymores |
| 1969 | Joanne Mills, born in Sydney, Australia, golfer, T25 Holden 1994 Women's Australia Open |
| 1969 | Joe Randa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, infielder for the Kansas City Royals |
| 1969 | Keith Piper, cricketer, Warwickshire and England A wicketkeeper |
| 1969 | Marco Coleman, NFL defensive end, Miami Dolphins, San Diego Chargers |
| 1969 | T C Wright, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1968 | Aaron Craver, NFL running back, Denver Broncos, San Diego Chargers |
| 1968 | Casper Van Dien, actor, Starship Troopers |
| 1967 | Bob Corkum, Salisbury, NHL center for the Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1967 | Charles Christopher Rymer, Cleveland, Tennessee, PGA golfer, 1995 Shell-3rd |
| 1967 | Dan McGwire, NFL quarterback for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1967 | Tracy Hayworth, NFL linebacker, Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons |
| 1966 | Aaron Jones, NFL defensive end for the New England Patriots |
| 1966 | Gianluca Pagliuca, Italian actress, Ugly Dirty and Bad |
| 1966 | Patricia Neder, Wauykesha WI, team handball right wing, Olympic-92, 96 |
| 1966 | Steve Dullaghan, rocker, Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal |
| 1966 | Terry Phelps, Larchmont, New York, tennis star |
| 1965 | Angeliki Kaneltopoutous, Greece, tennis star |
| 1965 | Brian Walton, Ottawa Ontario, points race cyclist, 1996 Olympics silver |
| 1965 | Fawna Maclaren, born in Santa Monica, California, playmate, Jan, 1989 |
| 1965 | Willie Blair, Paintsville, Kentucky, pitcher for the San Diego Padres |
| 1964 | Don Beebe, NFL wide reciever, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 |
| 1963 | Charles Oakley, NBA forward for the New York Knicks |
| 1963 | Lori McNeil, born in San Diego, California, tennis star, 1995 Oakland doubles |
| 1963 | Brad Pitt, born in actor, born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, actor, film producer, Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe nominee, one-time Golden Globe winner |
| 1961 | Brian Orser, Canada, figure skater, Olympics-Silver-88 |
| 1961 | Ken Foreman, rocker, Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm |
| 1961 | Lalchand Rajput, cricketer, Indian Test opening batsman 1985-86 |
| 1959 | Barrie Chase, actress, Mardi Gras, Cape Fear |
| 1957 | John Webster, rocker, Red Ryder-Light in the Tunnel |
| 1956 | Reinhold Ewald, Germany, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-25 |
| 1954 | Ray Liotta, born in Newark, New Jersey, actor, Sacha-Casablanca, Goodfellas |
| 1953 | Elliot Easton, Elliot Shapiro, born in Brooklyn, New York, rock guitarist, Cars |
| 1951 | Andrew S Thomas, Adelaide Australia, PhD/astronaut, STS-77, STS-89/91 |
| 1951 | Candice Rialson, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Chatterbox |
| 1950 | Gillian Armstrong, born in Melbourne, Australia, director, High Tide, Mrs. Soffel |
| 1950 | Leonard Maltin, born in New York City, movie critic, Entertainment Tonight |
| 1950 | Martha Johnson, born in Toronto, Canada, rocker, M+M |
| 1950 | Randy Castillo, American Musician |
| 1949 | Joni Flynn, Assam India, actress, Octopussy |
| 1948 | Bryan "Chas" Changler, Newcastle, rock bassist, Animals |
| 1947 | Eddie Antar, founder/CEO, Crazy Eddie Electronics Store |
| 1947 | Steven Spielberg, born in Cincinnati, director, ET, Close Encounters, Jaws |
| 1946 | Hubie Green, Birmingham, Alabama, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1977 |
| 1946 | Stephen, Steve, Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist |
| 1945 | Birenda Bir Bikram, King of Nepal, 1972- |
| 1945 | Carolyn Wood, U.S., 4 x 100m freestyle swimmer 1960 Olympics gold |
| 1943 | Alan Rudolph, actor, Endangers Species, Love at Large, Made in Heaven |
| 1943 | Bobby Keyes, born in Slaton, Texas, musician, saxophone player, played with Bobby Vee, Buddy Holly, The Rolling Stones, celebrated recording "Return to Sender", "Brown Sugar" |
| 1943 | Keith Richards, born in England, rock guitarist, Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar |
| 1942 | William HAF, English prince/grandson of George V |
| 1941 | Sam Andrew, rocker, Big Brother and Holding Company-Cheap Thrills |
| 1940 | Arnold Long, cricketer, prolific wicketkeeper for Surrey and Sussex |
| 1939 | Christoffel "Stoffel" van de Merwe, South Africa minister of Education |
| 1939 | Henrica M L "Wiesje" Backer, Dutch dancer/actress/playwright |
| 1939 | Michael J Moorcock, England, sci-fi author, Alien Heat, Bull and Spear |
| 1939 | Sandro Lopopolia, Italy, lightweight boxer, Silver Medal 1960 Olympics |
| 1938 | [Bryan] Chas Chandler, rocker, The Animals-House of the Rising Sun |
| 1934 | Boris Valentinovich Volynov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 5, 21 |
| 1932 | Roger Smith, South Gate California, actor, 77 Sunset Strip |
| 1931 | Gunnel Lindblom, Goeteborg Sweden, actor, Hunger, Virgin Spring |
| 1931 | Noel McGregor, cricketer, batted in 25 Tests for New Zealand 1955-65 |
| 1931 | Allen Klein, American Businessman |
| 1927 | Ramsey Clark, U.S. attorney General, 1967-69 |
| 1927 | Sterling Lanier, U.S., writer, Hiero's Journey |
| 1927 | Romeo LeBlanc, Canadian Politician |
| 1926 | Peggy Cummins, North Wales, actress, Curse of the Demon |
| 1923 | Lotti [Charlotte] van der Gaag, Dutch sculptor/painter |
| 1922 | Larry D Mann, born in Toronto, Canada, actor, Marty-Accidental Family |
| 1920 | Rita Streich, German singer |
| 1920 | Willis Conover, broadcaster |
| 1919 | Anita O'Day, Chicago, big band jazz singer, Gene Krupa, Stan Kanton |
| 1917 | Ossie Davis, born in Cogdell, Georgia, actor and playwright, Hot Stuff, Man Called Adam |
| 1916 | Betty Grable, St. Louis, great legs/actress, Gay Divorcee |
| 1915 | Dario Mangiarotti, Italy, fencing, gold, 2 silver, Olympic-1948, 52 |
| 1914 | Jerry Zipkin, socialite |
| 1913 | Alfred Bester, U.S., science fiction author, Decievers, Starlight |
| 1913 | Donald Phillips, pianist/composer |
| 1913 | Lynn Bari, Roanoke, Virginia, actress, Connie-Detective Wife, Earthbound |
| 1913 | Saburo Takata, composer |
| 1913 | Willy Brandt, Herbert Frahm, German chancellor, 1969 - 1974, Nobel 1971 |
| 1911 | Helen Vlachos, journalist |
| 1911 | Jules Dassin, Middletown CT, director, Circle of Two, Never on Sunday |
| 1910 | Abe Burrows, born in Brooklyn, New York, Broadway composer, Guys and Dolls 1951 TONY |
| 1910 | Eric Tindall, cricketer, All Black rep who kept wicket in 5 Tests |
| 1909 | Mona Barrie, Smith, born in London, England, actress, Dawn on Great Divide |
| 1908 | Celia Johnson, England, actress, Happy Breed, Brief encounter |
| 1907 | Christopher Fry, Bristol England, playwright, Ring Around the Moon |
| 1906 | Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher |
| 1906 | Kam Tong, actor, Across the Pacific, Flower Drum Song |
| 1905 | Richard Sturzenegger, composer |
| 1904 | George Stevens, U.S. director, Alice Adams, Penny Serenade |
| 1904 | Wilf Carter, country singer |
| 1898 | Jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist |
| 1897 | Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker |
| 1890 | Edwin Armstrong, born in New York City, radio pioneer inventor, FM |
| 1888 | Gladys Cooper, Lewisham England, actress, My Fair Lady |
| 1888 | Robert Moses, power broker, built Long Island and New York City parks and roads |
| 1886 | Ty Cobb, batted .367, stole 892 bases, Detroit Tigers |
| 1884 | Philippe van Isacker, Belgian minister |
| 1879 | Paul Klee, born in Switzerland, abstract painter, Twittering Machine, |
| 1877 | Max Pallenberg, Austria, actor, Brave Suender, husband of Fritzi Massary |
| 1873 | Adolf Vogl, composer |
| 1870 | Andres Randolf, Denmark, actor, The Kiss |
| 1870 | D T Suzuki, Kanazawa Japan, Zen Buddhist scholar |
| 1870 | Saki, Hector Hugo Munro, Burma, author, Reginald, When William Came |
| 1870 | Hector Hugh Munro, British Novelist |
| 1867 | Antoon van Welie, Dutch painter |
| 1863 | French Ferdinand, archduke of Austria, Sarajevo/WW I |
| 1861 | Lionel Monckton, composer |
| 1860 | Edward Alexander MacDowell, U.S., composer, Indian Suite |
| 1859 | Francis Thompson, English Poet |
| 1856 | Joseph John Thomson, Eng, physicist discovered electron, Nobel 1906 |
| 1852 | Gaetano Coronaro, composer |
| 1852 | George H. White, American Politician |
| 1848 | Karl Schroder, composer |
| 1844 | Lujo Brentano, German economist |
| 1837 | A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/Dutch party founder, CVP |
| 1835 | George Dashiell Bayard, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1835 | Lyman Abbott, American Author |
| 1826 | Charles-A Chatrian, Erckmann-C, French writer, L'ami Fritz |
| 1826 | Mercer Brooke John, Confederate Navy |
| 1825 | Charles Griffin, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1819 | Jakov P Polonski, Russian poet, Stichotvorenija |
| 1816 | Alfred Elzey Jones, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1812 | Wiktor Kazynski, composer |
| 1811 | Alexander Sandor Asboth, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1803 | William Allen, born in Edenton, North Carolina, Ohio Governor 1974 - 1876 |
| 1788 | Camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer |
| 1786 | Carl Maria von Weber, Germany, romantic composer, Der Freischutz |
| 1779 | Joseph Grimaldi, England, pantomimist, "greatest clown in history" |
| 1760 | Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary, Om sku skuespillerkunsten |
| 1734 | Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer |
| 1709 | Elizabeth, empress of Russia, to Peter the Great and Catherine I |
| 1707 | Charles Wesley, co-founder, Methodist movement |
| 1667 | Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, composer |
| 1635 | Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer/historian |
| 1633 | Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised |
| 1633 | Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised |
| 1610 | Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist |
| 1569 | Jakob Hassler, composer |
| 1562 | Philipp Dulichius, composer |
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