| 1978 | Mandy James, born in Jacksonville, Florida, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96 |
| 1975 | Joshua Rudoy, actor, Harry and Hendersons |
| 1975 | Stuart McRae, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Tony Batista, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, infielder for the Oakland A's |
| 1972 | Fabrice Santoro, Tahiti, tennis star |
| 1972 | Paul Greene, Australian 100m/200m/400m 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Tre Cool, American Musician |
| 1971 | Chris Boniol, NFL kicker, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1971 | Clifton Abraham, NFL cornerback, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1971 | Petr Nedved, born in Libercec, Czechoslovakia, NHL center, Team Czechoslovakia, Pitts Penguins |
| 1971 | Todd Van Poppel, Hinsdale, Illinois, pitcher for the Oakland A's |
| 1970 | Donald Douglas, WLAF safety for the Rhein Fire |
| 1970 | Marlin Cannon, Dallas Texas, 200m/400m runner |
| 1969 | Allison Smith, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Jennie-Cagney and Lacey, Kate and Allie |
| 1969 | Greg[ory] Klingsporn, Morristown, New Jersey, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Ramon Garcia, Guanare Venezuela, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers |
| 1969 | Jakob Dylan, American Musician |
| 1968 | Bill Johnson, NFL defensive linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1968 | Brent Price, NBA guard, Houston Rockets, Washington Bullets |
| 1968 | Kurt Angle, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 220 lbs freestyle wrestler, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Michael Foster, Richmond, Virginia, drummer, Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime |
| 1967 | Cathy Mockett, born in Newport Beach, California, LPGA golfer, 1995 Youngstown-7th |
| 1967 | Ray Agnew, NFL nose tackle, Carolina Panthers, New York Giants |
| 1966 | Dana Murzyn, Calgary, NHL defenseman, Vancouver Canucks |
| 1965 | Brad Savage, Livdnia, Michigan, actor, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice |
| 1965 | Caryn Kadavy, Erie, Pennsylvania, figure skater |
| 1965 | Karla Nelson, Pine City, Minnesota, Ms America 1993 |
| 1964 | Petr Briza, Prague, Czech Republic, hockey goalie, Team Czech Republic |
| 1963 | Barry Wilburn, NFL full safety for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1963 | Barbara Palacios, Carcas Venz, Miss Universe, 1986 |
| 1963 | Princess Masako, Japanese Royalty |
| 1961 | Christiane Jolissaint, born in Switzerland, tennis star |
| 1961 | Ian Andrew Wright, Hamilton New Zealand, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1961 | Joe Lando, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Byron Sully-Dr. Quinn |
| 1960 | Juan Samuel, San Pedro de Macoris, infielder, New York Yankees, Blue Jays |
| 1958 | Nancy J. Currie, born in Wilmington, Delaware, Major Army/astronaut, STS-57, 70, sk: 88 |
| 1957 | Donny Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie |
| 1956 | Sylvia, Kokomo Indiana, country singer, Nobody |
| 1954 | Herman Finkers, Dutch cabaret performer |
| 1953 | John Malkovich, born in Christopher, Illinois, actor and director, Killing Fields |
| 1953 | World B Free, NBA guard, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors |
| 1952 | Michael Dorn, actor, Worf-Star Trek Next Generation |
| 1950 | Joan Armatrading, St. Kitts, singer, Back to the Night |
| 1949 | Thomas O Kite, Jr., born in Austin, Texas, PGA golfer, 1978 BC Open, Crosby 1983 |
| 1949 | Tom Kite, American Athlete |
| 1948 | Marleen Gorris, Dutch director, Mres Dalloway, Antonia, Last Island |
| 1948 | Ron Vawter, Latham, New York, actor, Philadelphia, Empire City, Twister |
| 1947 | Tom Daschle, American Politician |
| 1946 | Dennis Dunaway, rocker, guitarist for "The Spiders", "The Earwigs", and for the "Alice Cooper group" |
| 1945 | Michael Nouri, Washington D.C., actor, Beacon Hill, Bay City Blues |
| 1944 | George Baker, Hans Bouwens, Dutch vocalist, G B Selection |
| 1944 | Neil Innes, British Writer |
| 1943 | Kenny Vance, born in New York City, New York, musician, singer, producer, member of Jay and the Americans, guest singer on Saturday Night Live, supervised music for film Animal House |
| 1943 | Rick Danko, Canada, rocker, The Band-Islands, Stage Fright |
| 1943 | Joanna Trollope, English Novelist |
| 1942 | Dick Butkus, Chicago, NFL hall of fame linebacker, Bears, sportscaster |
| 1942 | Joe McGinniss, Rye, New York, author, Selling of President 1968 |
| 1941 | Beau Bridges, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Hotel New Hampshire, 5th Musketeer |
| 1941 | Dan Hicks, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, singer, songwriter, performed with dance bands, performed on Time Out For Teens radio program, part of San Francisco's folk music scene |
| 1940 | Sammy Strain, U.S. singer, Imperials-Hurt So Bad |
| 1938 | Elizabeth H "Rina" Venter, South African minister of Health care |
| 1938 | William Thomas McKinley, composer |
| 1938 | [David] Deacon Jones, NFL defensive end, LA, South Dakota, Washington |
| 1935 | Dominico Tromp, Aruba, stage leader |
| 1935 | David Houston, born in Bossier City, Louisiana, singer, country music, recorded hit 'Almost Pursuaded', and 'With One Exception', 'My Elusive Dreams' with Tammy Wynette |
| 1934 | Al Kaline, born in Baltimore, Maryland, baseball outfielder for the Detroit Tigers |
| 1934 | Alan Ridout, born in West Wickham, England, composer, teacher, professor Royal College of Music, worked with Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, prolific instrumental and choral music composer |
| 1934 | Judi Dench, York England, actress, Henry V, Wetherby |
| 1934 | Milton Gray Campbell, Plainfield, New Jersey, decathelete 1956 Olympics gold |
| 1934 | Amos "Junior" Wells, born in Memphis, Tennessee, blues singer, In My Younger Days |
| 1933 | Milt Campbell, born in Plainfield, New Jersey, hurdler and decathlete, Gold Medal 1956 Olympics |
| 1933 | Orville Moody, Chickasha, Oklahoma, PGA golfer, 1969 U.S. Open |
| 1932 | Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician |
| 1932 | Don King, American Celebrity |
| 1930 | Buck Henry, New York City, screenwriter/comedian, SNL, Get Smart |
| 1929 | Bob Hawke, cricketer, no relation to Lord 12th man for Oxford U 1954 |
| 1929 | John Cassavetes, New York City, actor, Dirty Dozen, Rosemary's Baby |
| 1929 | Robert J L Hawke, Lab, Prime Minister Australia, 1983 - 1991 |
| 1928 | Dick Van Patten, Queens, New York, actor, Tom Bradford-8 is Enough |
| 1927 | Pierre Henry, composer |
| 1926 | Luis Miguel Dominguin, Spain, matador |
| 1926 | Henry W. Kendall, American Scientist |
| 1925 | Dina Merrill, New York City, actress, Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8 |
| 1922 | Redd Foxx, born in St. Louis, Missouri, comedian, Sandford and Son, Redd Foxx Show |
| 1920 | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian Statesman |
| 1917 | James Rainwater, American Scientist |
| 1916 | Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect/writer, Mozart biog |
| 1916 | Kirk Douglas, American Actor |
| 1915 | Colin McCool, cricketer, Australian leg-spin all rounder late 40s |
| 1915 | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Jarotschin Germ, soprano, Der Rosenkavalier |
| 1915 | Herbert Huncke, writer |
| 1912 | Tip O'Neill, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1977 - 1987, Speaker of the House |
| 1912 | Thomas P. O'Neill, American Politician |
| 1911 | Broderick Crawford, Philadelphia, actor, All the King's Men, Highway Patrol |
| 1911 | [William] Broderick Crawford, Philadelphia, actor, Hunter, Liar's Moon |
| 1910 | Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter, Holland Festival |
| 1910 | Stephen Jurika, Jr., U.S. pilot/captain, WW II, Santa Cruz, Navy Cross |
| 1909 | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., New York City, actor, Ghost Story |
| 1907 | Noel Walton Bott, engineer |
| 1906 | Freddy Martin, born in Cleveland, Ohio, orchestra leader, started Merv Griffin |
| 1906 | Grace Murray Hopper, computer innovator |
| 1906 | Greet Koeman, Dutch singer |
| 1905 | Dalton Trumbo, U.S., writer/film director, Johnny Got His Gun |
| 1904 | Roger Wolcott Sperry, physicist |
| 1902 | Margaret Hamilton, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Wicked Witch in the 'Wizard of Oz' |
| 1902 | Richard A. Butler, England, Dutch Minister of Finance/Foreign affairs |
| 1901 | Odon [Edmund] von Horvath, Hungarian/Austrian playwright |
| 1900 | Joseph Needham, British Scientist |
| 1899 | Frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor |
| 1899 | Howard Freeman, Helena MT, actor, Double Dynamite |
| 1899 | Jean de Brunhoff, France, children's book author, Babar the Elephant |
| 1899 | Leonie Fuller Adams, U.S. poet, Those not elected |
| 1898 | Emmett Kelly, Sedan, Kansas, circus clown, Weary Willie |
| 1897 | Hermione Gingold, born in London, England, actress, Gigi, Music Man |
| 1894 | Eddie Dowling, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, actor, Anywhere USA |
| 1889 | John P "Hannes" Kolehmainen, Fin long-distance runner, Olympic-gold 1912 |
| 1886 | Clarence Birdseye, frozen vegatable king, Birdseye |
| 1884 | Antonin Zapotocky, Czechoslovakian president, Ceskoslovensky Spisouatel |
| 1883 | Alexander Papagos, Greek Field Marshal/supreme commander |
| 1882 | Joaquin Turina, Seville Spain, composer, Rima |
| 1878 | Geza Revesz, Hungarian/Dutch psychologist, Talent and Genius |
| 1873 | Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect |
| 1868 | Fritz Haber, German phycist-chemist, Nobel 1919 |
| 1864 | Sidney Homer, composer |
| 1862 | Karel Kovarovic, composer |
| 1859 | Algernon Ashton, composer |
| 1854 | Pekka Hannikainen, composer |
| 1853 | Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, born in Rochester, New York, pitcher, 60-12 in 1884 |
| 1848 | Joel Chandler Harris, U.S. journalist, created Uncle Remus stories |
| 1847 | George Grossmith, English Actor |
| 1843 | P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist, Economiste Francais |
| 1842 | Pjotr A. Kopotkin, Russian ruler/anarchist |
| 1842 | Peter Kropotkin, Russian Revolutionary |
| 1837 | Charles Emile Waldteufel, Strasbourg France, waltz composer, Skaters |
| 1796 | Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer |
| 1791 | Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer |
| 1754 | Etienne Ozi, composer |
| 1742 | Carl W. Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, lemon acid |
| 1728 | Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer |
| 1717 | Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist, History of Ancient Art |
| 1715 | Georg Gottfried Petri, composer |
| 1608 | John Milton, London, poet/puritan, Paradise Lost |
| 1594 | Gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power, 1611-32 |
| 1581 | Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange |
| 1571 | Adrian A. Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect |
| 1569 | Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint, patron of social justice |
| 1561 | Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony |
| 1392 | Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer, Virtuosa benfeitoria |
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