| 1981 | Josh Groban, born in Los Angels, California, singer, songwriter, actor, sold nearly 20 million albums, album, 'Josh Groban' went from gold to double-platinum |
| 1980 | Chelsea Clinton, daughter of President Clinton, 1993-2001 |
| 1976 | Tony Gonzalez, tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1975 | Christina Nigra, actress, Out of This World |
| 1975 | Dana Marie Lane, Cheyenne Wyoming, Miss America-Wyoming 1996 |
| 1975 | Duce Staley, running back for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1975 | Marcus Robinson, wide receiver for the Chicago Bears |
| 1974 | Chris Dishman, guard for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1974 | Jim Maher, cricketer, Queensland lefty batsman victorious 1995 side |
| 1973 | Terence Davis, WLAF wide receiver for the London Monarchs |
| 1971 | Ivan Robinson, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, U.S. boxer 1992 Olympics |
| 1971 | Jaroslav Modry, Ceske-budejovice C, NHL defenseman, Ottawa Senators |
| 1971 | Rich Tylski, guard/center for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1970 | David White, NFL linebacker for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1969 | Greg Stevenson, Sherbrooke Quebec, rower, Olympics-11-92, 96 |
| 1969 | Robert Massey, NFL cornerback for the New York Giants |
| 1969 | Robert Molenaar, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam |
| 1969 | Victoria Fair, Jackson Michigan, Miss Michigan-America 1991 |
| 1969 | Willie Banks, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs |
| 1968 | Loy Vaught, NBA forward for the Los Angeles Clippers |
| 1968 | Mike Sullivan, Marshfield, NHL center for the Calgary Flames |
| 1968 | Ron Cox, NFL linebacker for the Chicago Bears |
| 1968 | Michael Vartan, French Actor |
| 1967 | Dallas Eakins, Dade City, NHL defenseman, Winnipeg Jets |
| 1967 | Frantisek Kaberle, Brno, Czech Republic, hockey forward, Team Czech Republic |
| 1967 | Robert Kron, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers |
| 1966 | Chris Howard, U.S. baseball catcher for the Seattle Mariners |
| 1966 | Gregg Rainwater, actor, Buck Cross-Young Riders |
| 1966 | Pete Smith, U.S. baseball player, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets |
| 1965 | Sandra Cecchini, Bologna Italy, tennis star, 1995 Warsaw doubles |
| 1964 | April Heinrichs, born in Littleton, Colorado, U.S. women's soccer coach 1996 Olympics |
| 1964 | Ewen Vernal, British pop bassist, Deacon Blue-Your Town |
| 1964 | Richard de Vries, soccer player, De Graafschap |
| 1963 | Francesco Cancellotti, Italy, tennis star |
| 1962 | Adam Baldwin, actor, Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard |
| 1962 | Grant Show, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Jack Hanson-Melrose Place |
| 1962 | Kory Tarpenning, born in Portland, Oregon, pole vaulter |
| 1962 | Veronica Ribot-Canales, Buenos Aires Argentina, U.S. diver 1996 Olympics |
| 1961 | Grant Shaud, actor, Miles Silverburg-Murphy Brown |
| 1961 | James Worthy, NBA forward, Los Angeles Lakers, 1988 Playoff MVP |
| 1960 | Andres Gomez, Ecuador, tennis pro, Madrid Grand Prix-1990 |
| 1960 | Bolik Dahan, Suriname singer/radio host, Radio KBC |
| 1960 | John van Grinsven, soccer player, MVV |
| 1960 | Paul Humphreys, rock synthesizer, OMD-Crush, Pacific Age |
| 1960 | Stoney Jackson, Richmond, Virginia, actor, White Shadow, Insiders |
| 1957 | Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist, Iron Maiden-Aces High |
| 1955 | Garry Christian, born in Liverpool, England, rocker, musician, singer, played with brother Russell and Roger Christian in sophisti-pop band, The Christians, known for late 1980's, early 1990's chart-topping hits |
| 1955 | Sally Spencer, actress, M J McKinnon-Another World |
| 1954 | Neal Schon, rock guitarist, Journey-Open Arms, Bad English |
| 1954 | Neil Schon, American Musician |
| 1952 | Dwight Elmo Jones, born in Houston, Texas, basketball player, Silver Medal 1972 Olympics |
| 1952 | Henk Westbroek, Dutch singer, Good Cause |
| 1952 | Kevin Raleigh, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Michael Stanley Band |
| 1951 | Lee Atwater, Republican National Committee Chairman, 1989-91 |
| 1951 | Steve Harley, rocker, Come Up and See Me |
| 1950 | Franco Moschino, born in Abbiategrasso, Italy, fashion designer, created colorful, provocative designs poking fun at the fashion establishment |
| 1950 | Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger, born in England, British rabbi, member of the House of Lords, social reformer, Chancellor, University of Ulster |
| 1948 | Eddie Gray, rock guitarist, Tommy James and Shondells-Crystal Blue |
| 1948 | Stephen Curtis, CEO, DVLA |
| 1947 | Ashley Woodcock, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. New Zealand 1974, only knock 27 |
| 1947 | Gidon Kremer, Riga Latvia, violinist, Tchaikovsky Prize 1970 |
| 1947 | Marian G Klaren, Dutch mime/actress, Red Cabbage |
| 1945 | Daniel Olbrychski, Poland, actor, La Truite |
| 1944 | Alan Fudge, Wichita, Kansas, actor, Man From Atlantis, Paper Dolls |
| 1944 | Graeme Pollock, cricketer, South African batting prodigy |
| 1944 | Roger Scruton, philosopher |
| 1943 | Mary Frann, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Joanna-Newhart, Days of Our Live |
| 1942 | Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Due West, South Carolina, news reporter, McNeil-Lehrer |
| 1941 | Ian McGarry, general secretary, British Actors' Equity Association |
| 1941 | Paddy Ashton, New Delhi India, British MP, Soc/Lib Democrat |
| 1941 | Paddy Ashdown, British Politician |
| 1940 | Barbara Kelly, CEO, Scottish Consumer Council |
| 1940 | Howard Hesseman, Salem Or, actor, Dr. Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of Class |
| 1939 | Antoinette Sibley, ballerina, Turning Point |
| 1939 | Kenzo Takada, Japanese director, Dream After Dream |
| 1939 | Lester King, cricketer, WI fast bowler, 2 Tests 1962-68, 9 wkts |
| 1939 | Peter Revson, auto racer, 1971 Indianapolis pole winner |
| 1938 | Pascale Petit, PAris, actor, Code Name: Jaguar, End of Desire |
| 1937 | Barbara Babcock, born in Pasadena, California, actress, Dr. Quinn, Dallas, Hill St. Blues |
| 1937 | Donald MacKay, CEO, Scottish Enterprise |
| 1937 | L Jay Silvester, U.S., discus thrower 1972 Olympics silver |
| 1936 | Chuck Glaser, Spalding, Nebraska, singer, Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again |
| 1936 | Roger M Mahoney, born in Hollywood, California, archbishop of Los Angeles, 1985- |
| 1936 | Timothy Spall, actor, 1871, Life is Sweet, Crusoe, Remembrance |
| 1936 | Virginia Maskell, actress, Suspect, Doctor in Love, Man Upstairs |
| 1936 | Sonia Johnson, American Activist |
| 1936 | Roger Mahony, American Clergyman |
| 1935 | Alberto Remedios, opera/concert singer |
| 1935 | Mirella Freni, Modena Italy, lyric soprano, Madame Butterfly |
| 1934 | Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, Unsafe at Any Speed |
| 1934 | Van Williams, Fort Worth, Texas, actor, Green Hornet, Tycoon |
| 1934 | [Navarre] Scott Momaday, U.S. author, House Made of Dawn, Pulitzer 1969 |
| 1933 | 6th marquess of Bute, Scottish large landowner/bibliophile |
| 1933 | Edward Lucie-Smith, poetry critic |
| 1933 | Geoffrey Maitland Smith, CEO, Sears |
| 1933 | Malcolm Wallop, born in New York City, New York, Senator-R-Wyoming 1977 - 1995 |
| 1933 | Raymond Berry, Texas, NFL hall of famer for the Baltimore Colts |
| 1932 | Dolf Zwerver, Dutch painter |
| 1932 | Elizabeth Taylor, born in London, actress, Cleopatra, violet eyes |
| 1932 | Lord Young of Graffham, CEO, Cables and Wireless |
| 1931 | Andrew Sloan, Chief Constable, Strathcourt |
| 1930 | Joanne Woodward, born in Thomasville, Georgia, actress, 3 Faces of Eve, Rachel |
| 1930 | Lieux Dressler, actress, Alice Grant-General Hospital |
| 1928 | Ariel Sharon, Israeli Leader |
| 1927 | Guy Mitchell, Al Cernick, born in Detroit, Michigan, rocker/actor, Red Garters |
| 1927 | Lord Belhaven and Stenton |
| 1927 | Michael Butler, Pro-Provost/chairman, Royal College of Art |
| 1926 | Peter Emery, British MP |
| 1925 | Hugh Leggatt, art dealer |
| 1925 | Michael Kaye, director, City of London Festival |
| 1925 | Richard AFM Auwerda, Dutch journalist/writer |
| 1925 | Samuel Dash, American Lawyer |
| 1924 | M M Shearer, former Lord Lieutenant of Shetland |
| 1924 | Norman Marshall, cricketer, brother of Roy, one Test for WI 1955 |
| 1923 | Dexter Gordon, U.S., tenor saxophonist/actor, Connection |
| 1923 | Viktor Kalabis, composer |
| 1922 | Mervyn Jones, author, Nobody's Fault, 5 Hungarian Writers |
| 1921 | Andras Szollosy, composer |
| 1921 | Michael Fox, U.S., actor, Quincy, Dallas, Bold and the Beautiful |
| 1920 | David Vere Bendall, former diplomat |
| 1920 | Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orchestra leader, Jack Paar Program |
| 1920 | Reg Simpson, cricketer, prolific England opener 1948-55 |
| 1919 | Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, composer |
| 1917 | John Connally, Gov-D/R-Texas, shot in Kennedy motorcade |
| 1915 | Arthur Gilson, Belgian attorney/minister of Defense, 1958-.. |
| 1913 | Frank Allaun, British MP, L |
| 1913 | Irwin Shaw, U.S., novelist, Rich Man Poor Man |
| 1913 | Paul Ricoeur, French Philosopher |
| 1912 | Hugues Panassie, French jazz saxophonist/author, Hot Club of France |
| 1912 | Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling India, writer, Alexandria Quartet |
| 1910 | Joan Bennett, Palasades, New Jersey, actress, Little Women, Disraeli |
| 1910 | Peter De Vries, Chicago, author, Reuben Reuben, Prick of Noon |
| 1909 | Elisabeth Welch, singer, Song of Freedom, Over the Moon |
| 1907 | Gerhard Alexander, Veldheer, Dutch actor, Prince Willem of Orange |
| 1906 | Alexander Matheson, New Zealand cricket pace bowler, 2 Tests 1930-31 |
| 1906 | H Algernon F "Algy" Rumbold, English diplomat, South Africa/Tibet |
| 1905 | Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director, Evil Eye |
| 1905 | Franchot Tone, Niagara Falls, New York, actor, Dr. Freeland-Ben Casey |
| 1904 | James Thomas Farrell, U.S., author, Studs Lonigan trilogy |
| 1904 | Renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor and director, Innocent Heart |
| 1903 | Reginald Gardiner, Wimbledon England, actor, Great Dictator |
| 1902 | Ethelda Bleibtrey, 100m/300m U.S. swimmer, Olympics-3 gold-1920 |
| 1902 | Gene Sarazen, Harrison, New York, PGA golfer, Masters 1935, U.S. Open 1922, 32 |
| 1902 | John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, California, author, Grapes of Wrath-Nobel 1962 |
| 1901 | Marino Marini, Italian sculptor/painter |
| 1899 | Charles H Best, Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer, Insulin |
| 1899 | Ian Keith, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Rochefort-3 Musketeers |
| 1899 | Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer |
| 1898 | Allison Danzig, sports writer, Tennis Pictorial History |
| 1898 | Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer |
| 1897 | Bernard F. Lyot, French astronomer, Lyot filter |
| 1897 | G Paul H Schuitema, graphic designer/photographer, System-O-Color |
| 1895 | Edward Brophy, actor, Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys |
| 1894 | Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer |
| 1893 | Joseph Messner, composer |
| 1893 | Ralph Linton, U.S. cultural anthropologist, Tree of Culture |
| 1892 | William Demarest, St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Uncle Charlie-My 3 Sons |
| 1891 | David Sarnoff, U.S., radio/TV pioneer/CEO, RCA |
| 1891 | Georges E Migot, French composer |
| 1888 | Lotte Lehmann, Perleberg Germany, soprano, Fidello |
| 1888 | Roberto Assagioli, Italian Psychologist |
| 1887 | James D Innes, English painter |
| 1886 | Hugo L. Black, born in Alabama, Senator-D-Alabama, 78th Supreme Court justice, 1937 - 1971 |
| 1886 | Hugo Black, American Judge |
| 1881 | Luitzen Brouwers, Dutch mathematician |
| 1881 | Sveinn Bjornsson, 1st president of Iceland, 1944-52, poet, Figur ild |
| 1879 | Jose Sancho Marraco, composer |
| 1874 | Max Ettinger, composer |
| 1870 | Louis Coerne, composer |
| 1869 | Alice Hamilton, physician/writer, workmen's compensation laws |
| 1867 | Irving Fisher, U.S. economist, compensating dollar |
| 1867 | Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer |
| 1863 | George H. Mead, American Philosopher |
| 1863 | George Herbert Mead, American Philosopher |
| 1861 | Rudolph Steiner, born in Kraljevic, Austria, founder, doctrine of anthroposophy |
| 1850 | Henry Edwards Huntington, U.S., railroad executive |
| 1848 | Charles Hubert H Parry, England, musicologist/composer, Jerusalem |
| 1847 | Ellen Alice Terry, Coventry Engl, actress/director, Imperial Theatre |
| 1847 | Ellen Terry, English Actress |
| 1846 | Joaquin Valverde, composer |
| 1841 | [Eleanor] Agnes Lee, daughter of U.S. general Robert E Lee |
| 1835 | Charles Cartuyvels, Belgian pulprit orator |
| 1835 | Richard Garnett, English author, Ananda the Miracle Worker |
| 1832 | Alfred Pollard Edward, Civil War journalist |
| 1827 | Richard W. Johnson, Major General Union Army |
| 1823 | Ferdinand Van Derveer, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1823 | William Buel Franklin, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1822 | Eugene Gautier, composer |
| 1811 | [Catherine] Mildred Lee, daughter of U.S. general Robert E Lee |
| 1807 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, born in Portland, Maine, poet, Hiawatha |
| 1802 | William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck, Lord George Bentinck |
| 1792 | Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/Field Marshal |
| 1784 | Elias Annes Borger, Dutch theologist/poet, To the Rhine |
| 1784 | Job Plimpton, composer |
| 1759 | Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer |
| 1746 | Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer |
| 1745 | Silverius Muller, composer |
| 1702 | Johann Valentin Gorner, composer |
| 1649 | Johann Philipp Krieger, composer |
| 1622 | Rembrandt Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter |
| 1539 | Franciscus Raphelengius, Dutch book publisher |
| 274 | Constantine I, Great Roman emperor, 306-337, adopted Christianity |
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