| 1977 | Emily Ballard, Miss Washington Teen USA 1996 |
| 1977 | Shahid Nazir, cricketer, Pakistan Test fast bowler vs. Zimbabwe 1996 |
| 1976 | John Lee, born in Chicago, Illinois, dance skater, & Julia Bikbova |
| 1974 | Anke Huber, Bruchsal Germany, tennis star, 1996 finalist Australian |
| 1973 | Corliss Williamson, NBA forward for the Sacramento Kings |
| 1973 | Tyra Banks, model/actress, Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air |
| 1972 | Damien Covington, NFL linebacker for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1972 | Howard Eisley, NBA guard, Utah Jazz |
| 1972 | Jassen Cullimore, Simcoe, NHL defenseman, Vancouver Canucks |
| 1972 | Jude St. John, CFL offensive linebacker for the Hamilton Tiger Cats |
| 1972 | Kerry Anne Guse, Brisbane Queensland, tennis star, 1996 final Hobart |
| 1972 | Ted Johnson, NFL inside linebacker for the New England Patriots |
| 1971 | Terrence Wisdom, NFL/WLAF guard/center, New York Jets, London Monarchs |
| 1970 | Jeff Blake, NFL quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1969 | Ferric Collons, NFL defensive end for the New England Patriots |
| 1969 | Jacques Landry, Saskatoon Saskatchawan, cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Marie-Josee Morneau, Longueuil Quebec, 56 kg judoka 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Mik Middleton, WLAF safety, Barcelona Dragons |
| 1969 | Terry Glenn, wide reciever for the New England Patriots |
| 1969 | Jay Z, also known as Shawn Corey Carter, American Musician |
| 1968 | Mike Barrowman, Costa Mesa California, kayak/200m breast stroke, Gold Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Klaus Wilmsmeyer, NFL punter for the New Orleans Saints |
| 1967 | Martha O'Kelley, U.S. softball infielder, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1965 | Rob Smits, pop drummer, Kong/Phlegm |
| 1964 | Bill Peterson, Smithfield, North Carolina, WLAF general manager for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1964 | Marisa Tomei, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, My Cousin Vinny |
| 1963 | Johanna Wright, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, WPVA volleyballer, Pismo Beach-4th |
| 1963 | Mike Snoei, born in Rotterdam, Holland, professional soccer player, coach, played for Feyenoord Rotterdam, Excelsior Rotterdam and Sparta Rotterdam |
| 1963 | Sergey Bubka, Ukraine, pole vaulter, Olympics gold 88, 92 |
| 1962 | Arnold Scholten, soccer player, Feyenoord |
| 1962 | John Gaasbeek, soccer player, FC Twente/NAC |
| 1962 | Stan Gelbaugh, NFL quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1961 | Frank Reich, NFL quarterback, Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers |
| 1961 | Frank Reich, quarterback, Detroit Lions |
| 1958 | Bill Roy, Versailles, Illinois, skeet 1996 Olympics |
| 1957 | Lee Smith, Jamestown, Louisiana, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds |
| 1957 | Raul Boesel, Brazil, Indy-car racer, CART |
| 1957 | Eric S. Raymond, American Author |
| 1956 | Bernard King, basketball player, New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets |
| 1956 | Blagoi Blagoyev, Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifer, Olympics-silver-1976 |
| 1956 | Herbert Groenemeyer, Germany, rocker, OE, Luxus, Chaos, Spruenge |
| 1955 | Brian Prout, Troy, New York, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle |
| 1952 | Ronald Michael Sega, born in Cleveland, Ohio, PhD/Astronaut, STS-60, 76 |
| 1951 | Gary Rossington, rocker, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins Band |
| 1951 | Patricia Wettig, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actress, Nancy Weston-30 Something |
| 1950 | Pamela Stephenson, Auckland New Zealand, actress, Superman 3, Sat Night Live |
| 1950 | Steven Jesse Bernstein, American Writer |
| 1949 | Jeff Bridges, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Stay Hungry, Against All Odds |
| 1949 | Mary Bea Porter-King, Everett, Washington, LPGA golfer, 1975 Golf Inns Classic |
| 1948 | Lin Onus, born in Melbourne, Australia, born William McLintock Onus, of Jiradjuri descent, artist, painter, sculptor, print maker, used Maningride rarrk cross-hatching-based painting style |
| 1948 | Roberta Lynn Bondar, Ontario, astronaut, STS-42 |
| 1948 | Southside Johnny Lyon, New Jersey, rocker, Asbury Jukes-Don't Want Go Home |
| 1947 | Ursula Krechel, born in Trier, Germany, writer, poet, radio dramatist, winner, Joseph-Breitbach-Preis 2009, works include, 'Der Ubergriff' |
| 1945 | Michael Gerzon, mathematician |
| 1944 | Dennis Wilson, born in Hawthorne, California, drummer/vocalist, Beach Boys-My Room |
| 1943 | Patti Chandler, California, actress, Bikini Beach |
| 1942 | Bob Mosley, Paradise Valley California, rock bassist, Moby Grape |
| 1942 | Chris Hillman, born in San Diego, California, singer, Byrds-Turn Turn Turn |
| 1941 | Humberto Solas, director and writer, Lucia |
| 1941 | Raul Blanco, Australian soccer asst coach, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics |
| 1940 | Freddy Cannon, Picariello, Lynn, Massachusetts, rocker, Palisades Park |
| 1940 | Barbara Amiel, British Journalist |
| 1938 | Andre Marrou, Libertarian Presidential candidate 1992 |
| 1938 | Liesbeth Struppert, actress, Miep Gies-Anne Frank |
| 1938 | Lynn Blessing, vibes Player |
| 1937 | Max Baer, Jr., born in Oakland California, actor, Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies |
| 1936 | Larry Davis, blues singer/guitarist |
| 1935 | Fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler, 5 Tests 1964-65 |
| 1935 | Paul O'Neill, American Politician |
| 1934 | Victor French, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Highway to Heaven |
| 1934 | Wink Martindale, Jackson, Tennessee, TV host, Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This |
| 1933 | Horst Buchholz, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe |
| 1932 | Edgar Valcarcel, composer |
| 1932 | Joanne Battiste, artist, heroines |
| 1932 | Roh Tae Woo, Taegu South Korea, President South Korea, 1988-93 |
| 1931 | Wally George, American Celebrity |
| 1930 | Harvey Kuenn, baseball player, AL Rookie of the Year-1953 |
| 1930 | Paul-Heinz Dittrich, composer |
| 1930 | Roman Semyonovich Ledenyou, composer |
| 1930 | Ronnie Corbett, England, comedian, 2 Ronnies |
| 1928 | Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut, X-20 |
| 1927 | William Labov, American Writer |
| 1925 | Maurice Binder, New York City, photographer/film titler, James Bond |
| 1925 | Albert Bandura, Canadian Psychologist |
| 1924 | John Portman, born in South Carolina, architect, Ivan Allen Award-1964 |
| 1924 | Frank Press, American Scientist |
| 1923 | Charles Keating, district attorney, Los Angeles, California |
| 1922 | Gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor, Caligula, Le Diable au Corps |
| 1921 | Deanna Durbin, Winnipeg Manitoba, actress/vocalist, 100 Men and a Girl |
| 1920 | Michael Bates, Jhansi India, actor, Clockwork Orange, Patton |
| 1915 | Allan Jackson, Hot Springs, Arkansas, newscaster, Youth Takes a Stand |
| 1915 | Fred Freer, cricketer, Australian pace bowler played one Test in 1946 |
| 1913 | Mark Robson, Canadian Director |
| 1912 | Alfons "Alphons" Berckmans, Flemish/British actor, Family Stastok |
| 1912 | Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler, didn't rep Australia |
| 1912 | Jimmy Jewel, born in Sheffield, England, James Arthur Thomas J. Marsh, comedian, television, film actor, appeared in film 'The Krays', musical drama 'Casualty' |
| 1912 | John W. Pritchard, Ian Wallace, U.S., sci-fi author, Megalomania |
| 1912 | Pappy Boyington, American Soldier |
| 1910 | Alex North, Chester Penn, composer, Spartacus, Viva Zapata |
| 1910 | Amar Singh, cricketer, dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties |
| 1910 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India, 1987-92 |
| 1908 | A D Hershey, U.S., biologist, worked with bacteriophages, Nobel 1969 |
| 1908 | Alfred Day Hershey, American Scientist |
| 1907 | Jo Boer, Dutch author, Catharina and the Magnolias |
| 1905 | Emilio Medici, president Brazil, 1969-74 |
| 1903 | Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian |
| 1903 | Cornell Woolrich, U.S., writer, El Angel Negro |
| 1899 | Douwe Hermans Kiestra, Harm Harmstra, Frisian farmer/writer |
| 1897 | Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor, Dock Worker |
| 1896 | Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer, against Pasternak, |
| 1895 | Nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer, Bombi Bitt Och Jag |
| 1892 | Francisco Franco, y Bahamonde, Spanish General/dictator, 1936 - 1975 |
| 1889 | Buck Jones, Charles F Gebhart, U.S. actor, War Horse |
| 1889 | Isabel Randolph, Illinois, actress, Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks |
| 1888 | Aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia, 1921-34 |
| 1881 | Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, July 20th plot |
| 1879 | Herbert Hamilton Harty, composer |
| 1876 | Dimitur Poljanov, Popov, Bulgaria, poet, Iron Poems |
| 1875 | Rainer Maria Rilke, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, poet, wrote, 'The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge', 'Letters to a Young Poet' |
| 1874 | Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario, Merchant of Venice |
| 1868 | Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter |
| 1866 | Vassily V Kandinsky, Russian/German/French abstract painter, Dreamy Inspiration |
| 1866 | Wassily Kandinsky, Russian Artist |
| 1865 | Edith Louisa Cavell, England, nurse, WW I |
| 1865 | Edith Cavell, American Public Servant |
| 1861 | Lillian Russell, Helen Leonard, U.S., singer and actress, Great Mogul |
| 1858 | Billy Gunn, cricketer, Notts and England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99 |
| 1838 | Melesio Morales, composer |
| 1835 | Samuel Butler, England, author, Erewhom, Way of All Flesh |
| 1825 | Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer |
| 1822 | Frances Crabbe, England, feminist founded Anti-Vivisection Society |
| 1818 | William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1812 | Elias Smith Dennis, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1808 | Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher, Horatius |
| 1803 | Augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner, Red Z Lane |
| 1800 | Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet, Ritornellen |
| 1795 | Thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian, French Revolution |
| 1791 | Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer |
| 1720 | Jean-Jacques Robson, composer |
| 1708 | Marianus Konigsperger, composer |
| 1667 | Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer |
| 1660 | Andre Campra, composer |
| 1584 | John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony |
| 1443 | Pope Julius II, 1503-13, patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael |
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