| 1977 | Stephanie Ann Foisy, Concord, New Hampshire, Miss America - New Hampshire 1996 |
| 1975 | Tina Thompson, WNBA forward for the Houston Comets |
| 1974 | Andrew English, CFL receiver for the BC Lions |
| 1974 | Lea Ghirardi-Rubbi, Colombes France, tennis star, 1994 Futures NC |
| 1974 | Ty Law, NFL cornerback for the New England Patriots |
| 1972 | Michael Kasprowicz, cricketer, Australian Test fast bowler vs. WI 1996 |
| 1972 | Nancy Christian, Scottsdale, Arizona, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-17th-1995 |
| 1972 | Sara Simmons, Belmont Massachusetts, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Torey Hunter, NFL cornerback for the Houston Oilers |
| 1971 | Kevin Sefcik, Oaklawn, Illinois, infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies |
| 1971 | Marty Nothstein, Allentown, Pennsylvania, sprint cyclist Olympics-silver-96 |
| 1971 | Wayne Gandy, tackle for the St. Louis Rams |
| 1970 | Alberto Castillo, Dominican/U.S. baseball catcher for the New York Mets |
| 1970 | Bobby Jones, born in Fresno, California, pitcher for the New York Mets |
| 1970 | Brendan Eppert, born in St. Louis, Missouri, speed skater 1994 Olympics |
| 1970 | Asne Seierstad, Norwegian Journalist |
| 1969 | Jayhawk Owens, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, catcher for the Colorado Rockies |
| 1969 | Tim Clark, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Florida Marlins |
| 1968 | Peter Popovic, Koping Swe, NHL defenseman, Montreal Canadiens |
| 1968 | Ryan Bowen, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins |
| 1967 | Bradley Hughes, Mordialloc VIC, Australasia golfer |
| 1967 | Dwayne "Road Grader" White, NFLer, New York Jets, St. Louis |
| 1967 | Laura Dern, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, film director, producer, Academy-Award nominated for film, 'Rambling Rose' |
| 1966 | Daryl Johnston, NFL running back for the Dallas Cowboys |
| 1965 | Lenny Webster, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, catcher for the Montreal Expos |
| 1965 | Marjolein Macrander, Dutch actress, Drowned |
| 1964 | Francesca Neri, Trento Italy, actress, Ages of Lulu |
| 1964 | Mir Aimal Kansi, Quetta Pakistan, murderer, FBI Most Wanted |
| 1964 | Sam Graddy, Gaffney, South Carolina, 4x100m runner 1984 Olympics gold |
| 1964 | Glenn Beck, American Journalist |
| 1963 | Bennie Thompson, NFLer, Saints, Chiefs, Cleveland Browns/Ravens |
| 1963 | Harris Huizingh, soccer player, FC Groningen |
| 1963 | Joakim Nystrom, Sweden, tennis star |
| 1963 | Lenny Dykstra, centerfielder, New York Met, Philadelphia Phillies |
| 1962 | Cliff Burton, born in Castro Valley, California, bass player for Metallica, a thrash metal band |
| 1962 | Jean-Marie Banos, Lavelanet France, Canada sabre, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1961 | David Ward, cricketer, prolific Surrey batsman |
| 1961 | Eva Pfaff, West Germany, tennis star |
| 1961 | George Stephanopoulos, presidential adviser, Clinton |
| 1961 | Alexander Payne, born in Omaha, Nebraska, film director, screenwriter, co-wrote, 'About Schmidt' and 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry' |
| 1960 | Lionel Cartwright, Ohio, country vocalist, I Watched it on the Radio |
| 1959 | Tonga, Uliuli Fifita, wrestler, WCW/WAR/WWF, Ming, Haku, Islanders |
| 1958 | Sharon Stone, born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, actress, Basic Instinct, Total Recall |
| 1957 | Debbie Brinkley, Tasmania, golfer, 1990 T25 Victorian Open |
| 1957 | Pranab Roy, cricketer, son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982 |
| 1955 | Lusia Mae Harris, born in Minter City, Mississippi, basketball player, Silver Medal 1976 Olympics |
| 1955 | Greg Norman, born in Queensland, Australia, PGA golfer, 1984 Kemper |
| 1955 | Jim Cramer, American Businessman |
| 1953 | Carl Joseph Stone, born in America, composer, electronic music genre, minimalist, studied composition at California Institute of the Arts, served as President of the American Music Center |
| 1953 | John Shirley, U.S., sci-fi author, Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona |
| 1952 | Mike Varty, born in Detroit, Michigan, athlete, American football linebacker for the National Football League |
| 1952 | Lee Hsien Loong, Singaporean Politician |
| 1951 | Roxanne Pulitzer, born in Glendale California, author, Prize Pulitzer |
| 1951 | Zeudi Araya, Asmara Ethiopia, Miss Ethiopia, 1969 |
| 1951 | Robert Iger, born in Los Angeles, California, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, succeeded Michael Eisner |
| 1950 | Mark Spitz, born in Modesto, California, swimmer, 9 Gold Medals 1968, 1972 Olympics, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1950 | Mike Rutherford, rocker, Genesis-Against All Odds, Mike and Mechanics |
| 1949 | Joe Lavender, born in Rayville, Louisiana, football cornerback, played for National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins |
| 1948 | Conrad Cummings, composer |
| 1946 | Donovan [P Leech], Scotland, rocker, Mellow Yellow |
| 1946 | Keith Mans, born in England, politician, born Keith Douglas Rowland Mans, Member of Parliament for Wyre, educated at the RAF College Cranwell and the Open University |
| 1945 | John Hayes, Secretary-General, British Law Society |
| 1945 | Klas Tuinstra, Dutch MP, CDA |
| 1944 | Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist, I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond |
| 1944 | Vernor Vinge, American Writer |
| 1943 | Ral Donner, Ralph Stuart, Black Mountain, North Carolina, singer, Starfires |
| 1942 | Jimmy Merchant, rock vocalist, Frankie Lymon and Teenagers-Why Do Fools |
| 1942 | Michael Bishop, CEO, British Midland Airways |
| 1941 | John Hampshire, cricketer, of Yorkshire Century on debut for England 1969 |
| 1941 | Michael Apted, director/researcher, Granada TV |
| 1941 | Dave Parnas, American Scientist |
| 1940 | Hamish Imlach, folk singer/comic |
| 1940 | Mary Rand-Bignal-Toomey, England, long jumper 1964 Olympic gold |
| 1940 | Peter Middleton, CEO, Lloyd's of London |
| 1939 | Barbara Kolb, Hartford, Connecticut, composer, Trobar Jus |
| 1939 | Boris Pickett, vocalist, Monster Mash |
| 1939 | Roberta Flack, North Carolina, vocalist, If Ever I Saw Your Face |
| 1939 | Adrienne Clarkson, Canadian Journalist |
| 1937 | Don Wilson, rock guitarist, Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme |
| 1937 | Christopher Rose, born in England, Lord Justice Rose, Sir Christopher Rose, judge, member, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, served Court of Appeal of England and Wales |
| 1937 | Yuriy Poyarkov, U.S.S.R., volleyball player, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1972 Olympics |
| 1936 | Sylvia Williams, museum director/curator |
| 1935 | Conrad Klapheck, German painter, typewriters |
| 1935 | Theodore Antoniou, composer |
| 1933 | Richard Schickel, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, documentary filmmaker, film critic, author, journalist, historian, received Guggenheim Fellowship, published in Time, and Life, magazines, books include, 'Woody Allen: A Life in Film', 'Elia Kazan: A Biography' |
| 1932 | Donald Hilton, Moderator, General Assembly of United Reformed Church |
| 1932 | Rockin Dopsie Sr, Alton Jay Rubin, Jazz-Fusion singer, Zydeco |
| 1931 | Gerhard Rosenfeld, composer |
| 1931 | Makoto Shinohara, composer |
| 1931 | Thomas Bernhard, born in Heerlen, Netherlands, most prominent German-speaking postwar era author, writer, playwright, novelist |
| 1930 | John Gilpin, English ballet dancer, Etudes, Alice in Wonderland |
| 1930 | Robert Wagner, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, It Takes a Thief, Hart to Hart |
| 1929 | Hallgeir Brenden, Norway, 15K/18K cross country, Gold Medal 1952, 1956 Olympics |
| 1929 | Henk Heidweiler, Surinam ambassador, in Netherlands |
| 1929 | Jerry Goldsmith, pianist/composer, Twilight Zone |
| 1929 | Jim Whittacker, mountain climber, 1st American to climb Mount Everest |
| 1928 | Gene Taylor, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Representative-D-Mississippi 1989 - |
| 1928 | Hans Nielsen, Denmark, lightweight boxer 1924 Olympics gold |
| 1927 | Jakov Lind, German/British author, Counting My Footsteps |
| 1927 | Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Mississippi, opera soprano, Porgy and Bess |
| 1927 | Nigel Bagnall, British field marshal |
| 1927 | Viscount Cowdray, British financier/multi-millionaire |
| 1926 | Danny Blanchflower, British soccer player |
| 1924 | Bud, Norman, Poile, NHLer |
| 1924 | Randy Van Horne, El Paso, Texas, vocalist, Nat King Cole Show |
| 1923 | Cesare Siepi, Milan Italy, basso, New York Metropolitan Opera |
| 1922 | Harold Hughes, Governor, Democrat, New Jersey |
| 1922 | Neva Patterson, Iowa, actress, Governor and JJ, Doc Elliot, Nichols |
| 1922 | Harold E. Hughes, American Politician |
| 1921 | Adrian Cruft, born Adrian Francis Cruft, son of Eugene Cruft, born in Britain, composer, dubbed a performer's composer, composed church, chamber and orchestral works |
| 1920 | J Heslop-Harrison, botanist |
| 1920 | Alex Comfort, born in England, physician, poet, novelist, anarchist, pacifist, wrote "The Joy of Sex", a scholarly approach to sexual behavior |
| 1918 | Gordon Pirie, England, Group Captain |
| 1918 | Idwal Pugh, British ombudsman |
| 1916 | Edward R. Roybal, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Representative-D-California 1963 - 1993 |
| 1914 | Larry Adler, Balt, hamonicist, Harmonicats, blacklisted performer |
| 1913 | Philippa Bevans, actress, Notorious Landlady, World of Henry Orient |
| 1913 | Ragnhild Marie Hatton, historian |
| 1912 | Ian Orr-Ewing, born in England, Charles Ian Orr-Ewing, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Hendon North, Baronet of Hendon |
| 1910 | Dominique Pire, Belgium, educator, aided WW II refugees, Nobel 1958 |
| 1910 | Douglas Spencer, actor, Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return |
| 1910 | Joyce Grenfell, actress, Pickwick Papers, Americanization of Emily |
| 1910 | Paul Whitelaw, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman vs. England 1933 |
| 1910 | Douglas Bader, British Soldier |
| 1909 | Lord Milne |
| 1908 | Jean Coulthard, composer |
| 1907 | Grace Hamilton, 1st black member of Georgia state legislature |
| 1906 | Erik Rhodes, Ernest Sharpe, actor, Top Hat, Night at the Ritz |
| 1906 | Henry Phelps Brown, historian/economist |
| 1906 | John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, elected 1962 |
| 1906 | Lon Chaney, Jr., Oklahoma City Oklahoma, actor, Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats |
| 1906 | Walraven, Wally, van Hall, Dutch banker/resisted Nazis |
| 1905 | John Dierkes, Ohio, actor, Daughter of Dr. Jekyll, Hanging Tree |
| 1905 | Max Schubert, winemaker |
| 1905 | Walter Brown, sports organizer, NBA |
| 1904 | John Farrow, born in Sydney, Australia, director/actor, Botany Bay, Wake Island |
| 1903 | Matvey Isaakovich Blanter, composer |
| 1902 | Armand Bernier, Belgian poet, Sorcier Triste |
| 1902 | Stella Adler, New York, actress, My Girl Tisa |
| 1902 | Walter H Brattain, Amoy China, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1956-transistor |
| 1898 | Bertolt Brecht, Germany, playwright, Mother Courage, composer |
| 1898 | Joseph Kessel, French journalist and writer, Army of the Shadows |
| 1898 | Judith Anderson, born in Adelaide, Australia, actress, Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon |
| 1898 | Robert Keith, Fowler, Indiana, actor, Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One |
| 1897 | John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist, polio-Nobel 1954 |
| 1896 | Olin Howlin, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Swifty-Circus Boy |
| 1896 | Alister Hardy, British Scientist |
| 1894 | Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor, Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies |
| 1894 | [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, London, C, British Prime Minister, 1957-63 |
| 1894 | Harold MacMillan, English Politician |
| 1893 | Jimmy Durante, New York City, long-nosed comedian, and goodnight Mrs. Calabash |
| 1893 | William [Bill] T Tilden II, tennis player, U.S. Open 1920-25, 29 |
| 1892 | Alan Hale, Rufus A Mackahan, Washington D.C., actor, Little John-Robin Hood |
| 1891 | Harold RLG, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor-General of Canada, 1945 - 1952 |
| 1891 | Elliot Paul, American Journalist |
| 1890 | Boris L Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet, Dr. Zhivago, Nobel 1958, |
| 1890 | Cor Ruys, Dutch actor, Princess Stage |
| 1890 | Boris Pasternak, Russian Novelist |
| 1889 | Howard Spring, British author/novelist/writer/critic, O Absalom |
| 1888 | Giuseppe Ungaretti, born in Alexandria, Egypt, writer, poet, modernist, academic, best known work 'L'allegria' or 'The Joy' |
| 1884 | Herbert Hordern, cricketer, pioneering leggie for Australia |
| 1880 | Jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine |
| 1879 | Franz Carl Bornschein, composer |
| 1872 | Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician, ARP |
| 1870 | Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter |
| 1869 | Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati, composer |
| 1868 | William Allen White, Emporia, Kansas, editor, Pulitzer 1942 |
| 1866 | Bror Beckman, composer |
| 1866 | Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian |
| 1862 | W H "Gobo" Ashley, cricketer, 7 wkts in 1 Test for South Africa 1889 |
| 1847 | A N Hornby, cricketer, pioneering England Test batsman |
| 1846 | Mildred Childe "Life" Lee, daughter of confederate General Robert E Lee |
| 1846 | Lord Charles Beresford, British Politician |
| 1841 | Walter Parratt, composer |
| 1827 | Peter J Savelberg, Dutch Limburgs monastery founder |
| 1824 | Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol England, inventor, Plimsoll line for ships |
| 1821 | William Read Scurry, Confederate Army Brigadier General |
| 1819 | Richard Storrs Willis, composer |
| 1818 | Isham Green Harris, Governor, Confederacy |
| 1807 | Abner Clark Harding, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1795 | Ary Scheffer, Dutch painter/etcher/sculptor |
| 1788 | Johann Peter Pixis, composer |
| 1775 | Charles Lamb, born in London, England, critic/poet/essayist |
| 1750 | Stanislao Mattei, composer |
| 1741 | Franz Adam Veichtner, composer |
| 1735 | Johann Christoph Kuhnau, composer |
| 1728 | Peter III Feodorovich, German/Russian czar of Russia, 1761-62 |
| 1717 | Pierre de La Garde, composer |
| 1702 | Jean-Pierre Guignon, composer |
| 1696 | Johann Melchior Molter, composer |
| 1686 | Johann F Gronovius, Dutch physician/botany |
| 1685 | Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet, Tragedy of Zara |
| 1670 | Norbert van Flowers, Flemish painter |
| 1670 | William Congreve, England, writer, Old Bachelor, Way of the World |
| 1637 | Henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry |
| 1609 | John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier |
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