| 1978 | Amber Corwin, Harbor City California, figure skater, 1997 National Sr - 5th |
| 1978 | Michael Vitar, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, D2, D3, Sunset Grill, Sandlot Kids |
| 1978 | Jackie Stiles, American Athlete |
| 1974 | Karrie Webb, born in Queensland, Australia, LPGA golfer, 1994 Australia Strokeplay |
| 1974 | Raymond Austin, cornerback and safety for the New York Jets |
| 1974 | Tommie Boyd, wide reciever, Detroit Lions |
| 1973 | Mike Alstott, fullback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1971 | Ernest Hunter, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns |
| 1971 | Irena Slavutskay, Israel, athlete, 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Jey Phillips, WLAF DB for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1971 | Tommie Boyd, NFL/WLAF receiver, Detroit Lions, Rhein Fire |
| 1970 | Irving Spikes, NFL running back for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1970 | Monique Ambers, WNBA forward, Phoenix Mercury |
| 1970 | Ronnie Woolfork, WLAF linebacker for the Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1969 | Chuck Smith, NFL defensive end for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1969 | Julie Delpy, actress, Before Sunrise |
| 1969 | Leon Searcy, NFL offensive tackle, Pittsburgh Steelers, Jackson Jaguars |
| 1968 | Anthony Lynn, NFL running back, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32 |
| 1968 | Khrystyne Haje, Santa Clara, Cal, actress, Simone-Head of the Class |
| 1967 | Ervin Johnson, NBA center, Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1967 | Kristi Cooke, Marion Ohio, Miss Ohio-America 1991 |
| 1967 | Terry Mills, NBA forward, Miami Heat, Detroit Pistons |
| 1967 | Mikhail Saakashvili, Georgian Statesman |
| 1966 | Kiefer Sutherland, actor, Young Guns, Stand by Me, Lost Boys |
| 1965 | Andy Dick, Charleston, South Carolina, actor, Matthew-Newsradio |
| 1965 | Gabrielle Glaser, musician, Luscious Jackson |
| 1965 | Rodney Thomas, WLAF cornerback, Barcelona Dragons |
| 1965 | Sue Thomas, Texarkana, Texas, LPGA golfer, 1991 Orix Hawaiian Ladies-14th |
| 1964 | Ed Jongsma, Dutch pop bassist, Sleeze Beez-Look Like Hell |
| 1964 | Joey Kocur, Calgary, NHL right wing, Vancouver Canucks |
| 1964 | Keith Taylor, NFL safety for the Washington Redskins |
| 1962 | Christy Forester, Lookout Mt, Georgia, country singer, Forester Sister-Men |
| 1961 | Trevor Bayliss, cricketer, NSW batsman |
| 1960 | Andy Van Slyke, born in Utica, New York, professional baseball player, outfielder, played for the St. Louis Cardinals, coached first base for the Detroit Tigers |
| 1960 | Michael Swain, Elizabeth, New Jersey, judoka, Olympics-bronze-88 |
| 1960 | Roger McDowell, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, pitcher, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles |
| 1959 | Florence Griffith Joyner, born in Los Angeles, California, runner, Olympic-3 gold-1988 |
| 1957 | Joshua Mostel, New York City, actor, Delta House, At Ease |
| 1957 | Lisa Gerritsen, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Bess-Mary Tyler Moore Show |
| 1957 | Ray Romano, born in Queens, New York, actor, Ray Barone-Everybody Loves Raymond |
| 1956 | Kevin Burnham, Hollis, New York, 470 yachter, Olympics-8th-1992, 96 |
| 1956 | Lee Roy Parnell, Abilene Texas, country singer, Oughta be a Law |
| 1955 | Jane Kaczmarek, American Actress |
| 1954 | Chris Evert, Ft. Lauderdale, tennis pro |
| 1953 | Andras Schiff, Budapest Hungary, pianist, Tchaikovsky-1974 |
| 1953 | Arie Luyendyk, born in Netherlands, Indy-car racer, 1990 Indianapolis 500 |
| 1953 | Betty Wright, born in Miami, Florida, singer, rhythm and blues, soul music, influenced the world of hip hop, sang with Alice Cooper, Gloria Estefan, song Shoorah! Shoorah!, used in movie Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| 1953 | Tina Brown, born in Maidenhead, United Kingdom, journalist, magazine editor, talk-show host, columnist, author of The Diana Chronicles |
| 1952 | Dennis Boutsikaris, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Batteries Not Included |
| 1952 | Steve Furniss, U.S. swimmer, Olympics-bronze-1972 |
| 1952 | Joaquin Andujar, Dominican Republican Athlete |
| 1950 | Jeffrey Katzenberg, American Producer |
| 1948 | Barry Gordon, Brookline Massachusetts, actor, Gary-Archie Bunker's Place |
| 1948 | Carol Potter, New York City, actress, Beverly Hills 90210, Today's FBI |
| 1948 | Dave Kingman, baseball player, Mets, Yankees, Giants |
| 1948 | Willem AFG Vermeend, Dutch economist/undersecretary of Finance, 1994- |
| 1948 | Samuel L. Jackson, actor, Amos and Andrew, White Sand, Pulp Fiction |
| 1947 | Zoe Lofgren, American Politician |
| 1946 | Carl Dean Wilson, Hawthorne California, rock vocalist, Beach Boys-Barbie |
| 1946 | Christopher Keene, born in Berkeley, California, conductor, La Traviata |
| 1946 | Josh Mostel, New York, actor, Windy City, Animal Behavior, Money Pit |
| 1945 | Doug Walters, cricketer, Aussie batting genius 1965-81 Extrovert |
| 1945 | Millie Hughes-Fulford, Wells, Texas, astronaut, STS-40 |
| 1944 | Jared Martin, New York City, actor, Varian-Fantastic Voyage, Dusty-Dallas |
| 1944 | Michael Tilson Thomas, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor, New York Phil Young People |
| 1943 | Albert Lee, born in Leominster, Herefordshire, Grammy-award winning English guitarist, musical director, celebrated finger-style and hybrid picking technique, played with the Crickets |
| 1943 | Jack Nance, actor, Rubbed Out |
| 1943 | Walter Spanghero, French rugby player |
| 1942 | Carla Thomas, U.S. singer, Let Me Be Good to You |
| 1942 | Hu Jintao, Chinese Statesman |
| 1940 | Frank Zappa, born in Baltimore, rocker, Mothers of Invention, Catholic Girls |
| 1939 | Wen Ho Lee, American Scientist |
| 1938 | Larry Bryggman, Concord California, actor, Dr. John Dixon-As the World Turns |
| 1937 | Harald, Crown Prince, son of King Olav V, heir apparent of Norway |
| 1937 | Jane Fonda, New York City, actress, Barbarella, Klute, physically fit |
| 1935 | Phil Donahue, born in Cleveland, Ohio, talk show host, Phil Donahue Show |
| 1934 | Hanif Mohammad, cricketer, prolific Pakistani batsman 1952-69 |
| 1933 | Huib Eversdijk, Dutch 2nd chamber member, CDA |
| 1933 | Jackie Hendriks, cricketer, West Indian wicket-keeper of 60's |
| 1931 | Caroline Kaart, Paterson Raitt, Dutch alto singer |
| 1931 | David Baker, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, composer, Reflections |
| 1930 | Willem R "Wim" van der Zee, secretary of Council of Churches |
| 1929 | Jack Philip Cannon, composer |
| 1928 | Ed Nelson, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Peyton Place, A Long Came a Spider |
| 1928 | Thomas Rajna, composer |
| 1927 | Michael Carreras, film director |
| 1926 | John Herbert McDowell, composer |
| 1926 | Pedro Gonzales-Gonzalez, Aguilares, Texas, actor, Rio Bravo |
| 1925 | Paul Kurtz, American Philosopher |
| 1924 | Joe Paterno, football coach, Penn State, SI Sportsman of 1986 |
| 1924 | Johan W "Jo" van Marle, KNVB-chairman, 1980-93 |
| 1924 | Rita Reys, Dutch jazz singer |
| 1922 | Paul Winchell, New York City, ventriloquist, Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smith |
| 1921 | Alica Alonso, Havana, ballerina |
| 1921 | James Tye, safety expert |
| 1921 | Joan Dickson, born in England, cellist, professor at Royal College of Music in London, studied with Enrico Mainardi in Paris, performed with Joyce Rathbone |
| 1919 | Gert Fredriksson, Sweden, 1K kayak, Gold Medals 1948, 1952, 1956 Olympics |
| 1918 | Donald Regan, White House staffer and U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1981 - 1985 |
| 1918 | Kurt Waldheim, born in Austria, Austrian diplomat, politician, Secretary-General of the U.N., ninth President of Austria |
| 1918 | Donald T. Regan, American Public Servant |
| 1917 | Alicia Alonso, Havana Cuba, ballerina, American Ballet Theatre |
| 1917 | Andre Eglevsky, choreographer, Limelight |
| 1917 | Heinrich Boll, Germ, writer, Group Portrait with Lady, Nobel '72, |
| 1916 | Eve Perrick, journalist |
| 1916 | John Boon, publisher |
| 1913 | Raich Carter, soccer star |
| 1911 | Paul Burkhard, composer |
| 1909 | George Ball, Iowa, lawyer/undersecretary of state |
| 1909 | Seicho Matsumoto, Dutch Japanese detective/playwright, 10 to Sen |
| 1908 | Pat Weaver, born in Los Angeles, California, TV Executive, started Today show |
| 1907 | Garmt Stuiveling, Dutch literary, Poet in Love |
| 1905 | Anthony Powell, England, novelist, Infants of Spring |
| 1901 | Juan A de Zunzunegui y Loredo, Spanish writer |
| 1901 | Robin Irvine, born in London, England, actor, Easy Virtue |
| 1900 | Oda Schaefer, German author and poet, Die Windharfe, Ladies Only |
| 1899 | Guy Wilkerson, Texas, actor, Dead or Alive, West of Texas, Shootin' Iron |
| 1898 | Eugene Dabit, French writer/painter, Hotel du Nord |
| 1898 | Ira S. Bowen, U.S. physicist and astronomer, Mount Wilson/Palomar |
| 1896 | Carl Romme, Dutch catholic foreman/KVP-Minister Socialist Business |
| 1896 | Constantine Rokossovski, Russian marshal/vice-premier of Poland |
| 1896 | Leroy Robertson, composer |
| 1896 | Eric Johnston, American Businessman |
| 1895 | Paul Hoffer, composer |
| 1892 | Rebecca West, Cicily I F Andrews, English author, Meaning of Treason |
| 1892 | Walter Hagen, born in Rochester, New York, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1914, 19 |
| 1891 | John W. McCormack, D, Speaker of House, 1962-70 |
| 1891 | John William McCormack, American Politician |
| 1890 | Fred M Vinson, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1946-53 |
| 1886 | George Norman Peterkin, composer |
| 1886 | Hermann A. J. Kees, German Egyptologist, Problems of Egyptology |
| 1879 | Joseph Stalin, Russian dictator; murdered 11,000,000 |
| 1879 | Theodore Limperg, business economist, substitute value |
| 1874 | Juan Bautista Sacasa, President of Nicaragua, 1932-36 |
| 1872 | Albert P. Terhune, U.S., novelist, Lad, a Dog |
| 1867 | John Winter Thompson, composer |
| 1860 | Henrietta Szold, founder, Hadassah |
| 1859 | Gustave Kahn, France, poet, claimed to have invented vers libre |
| 1853 | Isolde Kurz, German writer/poet, Meine Mutter |
| 1850 | Zdenek Fibich, composer |
| 1849 | James Lane Allen, U.S. writer, Kentucky Cardinal |
| 1848 | Edward Everett Rice, composer |
| 1843 | Thomas Bracken, Irish Poet |
| 1840 | Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist, Vatan |
| 1832 | John Henry Ketcham, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1826 | Ernst Pauer, composer |
| 1823 | Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist, insects and spiders |
| 1818 | Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece |
| 1818 | Lewis H. Morgan, U.S., etnologist, Systems of Consanguinity |
| 1815 | Thomas Couture, French painter/author |
| 1810 | Ludwig Schuncke, composer |
| 1804 | Benjamin Disraeli, Tory, British Prime Minister, 1868, 1874-80 |
| 1800 | Barnwell Rhett Robert, Confederacy |
| 1756 | Thomas Anton Kunz, composer |
| 1728 | Hermann Friedrich Raupach, composer |
| 1628 | Samuel Friedrich Capricornus, composer |
| 1616 | Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer |
| 1573 | Mathurin Regnier, French poet, Macette |
| 1537 | Johan III, king of Sweden, 1569-92 |
| 1518 | Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician |
| 1117 | Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury |
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