| 1975 | Natalie Ward, Australian softball shortstop/2nd baseman, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Ryan Seacrest, American Entertainer |
| 1973 | Eddie Pope, Greensboro, North Carolina, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1971 | Tamir Bloom, New York City, fencer-epee 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Filmel Johnson, NFL defensive back for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1970 | Marian Smerciak, born in Martin, Czechoslovakia, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia 1998 |
| 1970 | Michael Batiste, NFL/WLAF defensive tackle, Cowboys, Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1970 | Romeo Wouden, Dutch soccer player, Dordrecht '90, Heerenveen |
| 1970 | Will Oldham, American Musician |
| 1969 | Kenny "Damn" Kelly, Paterson, New Jersey, rapper, Riff-Judy had a Boyfriend |
| 1969 | Mark Millar, Scottish Writer |
| 1968 | Joe Scuderi, cricketer, South Australian all-rounder |
| 1966 | Deidrich Bader, Washington D.C., actor, Oswald-Drew Carey Show |
| 1965 | Erika von Heiland, Angeles City Phil, U.S. badminton player, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1965 | Michael Haynes, NFL wide receiver, NO Saints, Atlanta Falcons |
| 1965 | Nancy Reno, Elmhurst, Illinois, WPVA volleyballer 1996 Olympics |
| 1965 | Winston Moss, NFL linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1964 | Elbert Shelley, NFL cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1964 | Gary Muller, South Africa, tennis star |
| 1964 | Marcel van der Net, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht |
| 1964 | Mark Valley, Odgensvurg, New York, actor, Days of Our Lives |
| 1963 | Mary Ramsey, singer, 10,000 Maniacs |
| 1963 | Timo Jutila, Tampere FIN, hockey defenseman, Team Finland |
| 1961 | Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijani Politician |
| 1960 | Carol Vorderman, British Entertainer |
| 1957 | Ian Burden, S Yorks England, rock bassist, Human League-Only Human |
| 1957 | Hamid Karzai, born in Karz, Afghanistan, Pashtun of the Popalzai tribe, Sunni Muslim, politician, Independent Party, 12th President of Afghanistan |
| 1956 | Stephanie Hodge, comedian/actress, I Madman, Happily Ever After |
| 1955 | Anwar Khan, cricketer, bowled four overs for Pakistan 1979 |
| 1955 | Clarence Gilyard, Jr., Moses Lake Wash, actor, Chips, Duck Factory |
| 1950 | Peter te Bos, Dutch singer, Claw Boys Claw |
| 1949 | Cameron Seward, LPGA golfer |
| 1946 | John Akkerman, Dutch guitarist/composer, Focus-Can't Stand Noise |
| 1946 | Judy Tyler, born in Los Angeles, California, playmate, Jan 1966 |
| 1946 | Jeff Sessions, American Politician |
| 1945 | Lemmy, Ian Kilminster, rocker, Hawkwind, Motorhead-Built for Speed |
| 1945 | Nicholas Meyer, director, Star Trek II Wrath of Khan |
| 1944 | Erhard Keller, born in West Germany, 500m speed skater, Gold Medal 1968, 1972 Olympics |
| 1944 | Mike Curb, Savannah, Georgia, singer, Mike Curb Congregation |
| 1944 | Johnny Isakson, American Politician |
| 1943 | Christiane Schmidtmer, Heidelberg Germany, actress, Ship of Fools |
| 1943 | Tatton Sykes, English baron/large landowner |
| 1943 | Tarja Halonen, born in Kallio, Finland, politician, lawyer, Social Democratic Party, first female President of Finland |
| 1940 | Anthony Fauci, U.S. health official |
| 1940 | Paul Tagliabue, NFL commissioner, 1989- |
| 1938 | Ralp Inbar, Dutch TV host, Banana Split |
| 1934 | Stjepan Mesic, Croation Statesman |
| 1932 | Colin Cowdrey, cricketer, in India England batsman, 1st to 100 Tests |
| 1932 | Colin Cowdrey, English cricket player |
| 1932 | Cynthia Payne, British Celebrity |
| 1931 | Jill Bennett, Penang Malay, actress, Lady Jane, Concrete Jungle |
| 1931 | Mauricio Kagel, Argentina/German composer |
| 1930 | Robert Joffrey, Abdullah Jaffa Anver Bey Khan, U.S., dancer |
| 1929 | Mary Higgins Clark, born in Bronx, New York, author, Cry in the Night, Stillwatch |
| 1929 | Noel Da Costa, composer |
| 1927 | Teresa Stich-Randall, U.S. soprano, Vienna State Opera |
| 1926 | Ronald Draper, cricketer, South African batsman vs. Australia 1949-50 |
| 1924 | Roy Miller, cricketer, WI all-rounder in one Test 1953, 23 and 0-28 |
| 1924 | Willem Drees, economist/Dutch politician, DS'70 |
| 1924 | [Irving] Lee Dorsey, New Orleans, vocalist, Working in the Coal Mines |
| 1923 | Wilton S Mkwayi, South African ANC leader |
| 1922 | Ava Gardner, born in Grabtown, North Carolina, actress, On the Beach, Night of the Iguana |
| 1921 | Bill Dudley, NFL halfback, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Washington |
| 1921 | Gerard Thomas Victory, composer |
| 1921 | Gerard Victory, composer |
| 1920 | Dave Bartholomew, Louisiana, jazz artist/songwriter, Blueberry Hill |
| 1914 | Dorothy Hyson, actress, Ghoul, Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go |
| 1914 | Guus Verstraete Sr, August de Graef, Dutch actor/dir, Black Magic |
| 1913 | Karl Michael Komma, composer |
| 1913 | Ad Reinhardt, American Artist |
| 1911 | Eric Briault, educationalist |
| 1911 | Malcolm MacEwen, writer |
| 1910 | Betty Ann Davies, born in London, England, actress, Tough Guy |
| 1910 | Fritz [Reuter] Leiber, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Bazaar of the Bizarre |
| 1910 | Mitchell Ayres, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, orchestra leader, Hollywood Palace |
| 1909 | Adam Popovich, composer |
| 1909 | Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Foreign Affairs, 1956-68 |
| 1907 | I[sidore] F[einstein] Stone, U.S. journalist, IF Stone's Weekly |
| 1907 | I. F. Stone, American Journalist |
| 1906 | Franz Waxman, Konigshutte, Germany, composer, Day at the Races |
| 1906 | John Walker, museum director |
| 1905 | Anna "Ans" van Dike, "the Young", Jewish nazi collaborator |
| 1905 | Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, Hughes Aircraft, inventor |
| 1904 | Daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist |
| 1904 | Herbert D Riley, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II, Guadalcanal, Okinawa |
| 1903 | Joseph Cornell, American Sculptor |
| 1894 | Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot |
| 1893 | Carl Brisson, Copenhagen Denmark, actor, Murder at the Vanities |
| 1893 | Ruth Chatterton, U.S. actress, Madame X, Sarah and Son |
| 1893 | Harry Warren, American Composer |
| 1889 | Vladimir Sokoloff, born in Moscow, Russia, actor, Road to Morocco |
| 1887 | Louis Jouvet, Crozon France, actor, Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise |
| 1886 | Michael Curtiz, Hungarian Director |
| 1885 | Arthur Dolphin, cricketer, Yorkshire and England keeper, later Test ump |
| 1881 | Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer |
| 1881 | Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer |
| 1881 | Juan Ramon Jimenez, Spain, poet, Distant Gardens, Nobel 1956 |
| 1879 | Stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych, composer |
| 1871 | Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor, A Chique Little Boy |
| 1870 | Rosario Scalero, composer |
| 1869 | Henriette Georgia Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet, Women in Forest |
| 1868 | Emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion, 1894-21 |
| 1867 | Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian/diplomat |
| 1867 | Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet, Servet-i Funun, Sis |
| 1859 | Roman Statkowski, composer |
| 1850 | Brandon Thomas, British Actor |
| 1837 | Sissi, Emperor of Austria |
| 1829 | Benjamin Ipavec, composer |
| 1829 | Jose Rogel, composer |
| 1826 | Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer |
| 1824 | Peter Cornelius, composer |
| 1822 | Charles Hermite, French mathematician, E is Transcendent |
| 1822 | Matthew Arnold, England, poet and critic, Dover Beach |
| 1818 | James Prescott Joule, physicist, discovered conservation of energy |
| 1818 | Eliza Cook, English Poet |
| 1813 | Henry Wellington Greatorex, composer |
| 1812 | Henry Russell, composer |
| 1809 | Christopher "Kit" Carson, Kentucky, Union Brigadier-General/indian fighter |
| 1798 | Adam B Mickiewicz, Poland, national poet, Pan Tadeusz |
| 1791 | A Eugene Scribe, French dramatist, Bertrand et Raton |
| 1773 | Joseph Wolfl, composer |
| 1761 | Selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey, 1789-1808 |
| 1754 | George Crabbe, Aldeburgh England, poet, Everlasting Mercy |
| 1745 | Benjamin Rush, Byberry, Pennsylvania, physician, general and signer, Declaration of Independence |
| 1726 | Johann Ernst Hartmann, composer |
| 1719 | Johann Christoph Altnikol, composer |
| 1716 | Patrice F earl De Neny, South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council |
| 1714 | Rainieri De Calzabigi, Italian's literary, 1st European Lottery |
| 1698 | William Warburton, English Critic |
| 1689 | French van Mieris "the Young", Dutch painter/historian |
| 1679 | Domenico Natale Sarro, composer |
| 1653 | Georg Motz, composer |
| 1564 | Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver |
| 1491 | Saint Ignatius, Spanish Saint |
| 1167 | John "without a land", king of England, 1199-1216 |
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