| 1981 | John Walker Lindh, American Criminal |
| 1979 | Zhang Ziyi, born in Beijing, China, actress, internationally successful film star, appeared in 'Hero', 'Purple Butterfly', 'House of Flying Daggars', 'The Horsemen', 'Memoirs of a Geisha' |
| 1974 | Brad Maynard, punter for the New York Giants |
| 1974 | John Wallace, NBA forward for the Toronto Raptors |
| 1974 | Orlando Bobo, guard for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1973 | Amber Valletta, born in Phoenix, Arizona, model, Face, House of Style, Bazaar |
| 1972 | Jason George, actor, Michael Bourre-Sunset Beach |
| 1972 | Norbert Rosza, Hungarian swimmer, 100m freestyle record |
| 1971 | Gonzalo Floyd, CFL defensive end for the Hamilton Tiger Cats |
| 1971 | Jason Mathews, NFL tackle for the Indianapolis Colts |
| 1971 | Jim Miller, NFL quarterback, Pittsburgh Steelers, Atl Falcons, Jaguars |
| 1971 | Ken Felder, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers |
| 1971 | Pat O'Neill, NFL punter/place kicker for the New England Patriots |
| 1971 | Sharon Case, Det, Michigan, actress, Sharon Collins-Young and Restless |
| 1970 | Glenn McGrath, cricketer, NSW and Australian fast bowler 1993- |
| 1970 | Grant Moorhead, New Plymouth New Zealand, Australasia golfer |
| 1969 | Jeff Pahukoa, NFL guard and tackle for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1969 | Jimmy Smith, NFL wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1969 | Peta Edebone, Australian softball outfielder 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1969 | Thomas Brandl, Bad Tolz GER, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998 |
| 1969 | Todd Lyght, U.S. football quarterback for the St. Louis Rams |
| 1968 | Derek Strong, NBA forward, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic |
| 1968 | Marcus Meloan, Agana Guam, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 U.S. Amat Champ |
| 1968 | Paul Claxton, Vidalia Georgia, Nike golfer, NIKE Central Georgia Open-38th |
| 1967 | Kate Golden, Beaumont Texas, LPGA golfer, 1992 Ping/Welch-5th |
| 1967 | Stevon Moore, NFL safety, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens |
| 1967 | Todd Pratt, U.S. baseball catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies |
| 1966 | James "Rachel" Bolan, Pt Pleasant, New Jersey, rocker, Skid Row-Psycho Love |
| 1965 | David Brandon, NFL linebacker, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Falcons |
| 1964 | Rachel Bolan, born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, born James Southworth, bass player, songwriter and co-founder of metal band, Skid Row |
| 1963 | Bonnie Levin, Miami Beach, Florida, WPVA volleyballer |
| 1963 | Madusa Miceli, Debra Ann, Milan Italy, wrestler, WCW |
| 1963 | Mike Rindel, cricketer, N Transvaal opening bat ODI ton vs. Pak 1995 |
| 1963 | Travis Tritt, Marietta, Georgia, country vocalist, Country Club |
| 1963 | Brian Greene, American Physicist |
| 1962 | Diego Perez, born in Montevideo, Uruguay, professional tennis player, won ATP Tour singles title and three doubles titles in his career, ending in 1996 |
| 1962 | Martin D Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary |
| 1961 | John Kruk, U.S. baseball 1st baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies |
| 1960 | Peggy A. Whitson, Mount Ayr Iowa, PhD/astronaut |
| 1958 | Alexander W. B. Lyle, Shrewsbury England, PGA golfer, 1988 Phoenix Open |
| 1958 | Sandy Lyle, born in Shrewsbury, professional golfer, represented Scotland, won The Open Championship at Sandwich, 1985, wrote book 'To The Fairway Born' |
| 1957 | Gordon Strachan, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, professional soccer player, played for Dundee, Leeds United, Coventry City, Manchester United, manager of Celtic and Middlesbrough |
| 1957 | Mohammed Valli Moosa, South African leader, UDF |
| 1956 | Philip Jackson Ford, Jr., North Carolina, basketball player 1976 Olympics gold |
| 1955 | Charles Shaughnessy, London, actor, Shane-Days of our Lives, Nanny |
| 1955 | Jm J Bullock, Casper Wyoming, actor, Monroe-Too Close for Comfort |
| 1954 | Ulrich Walter, born in West Germany, cosmonaut |
| 1953 | Antonius GM "Toon" Agterberg, Dutch actor, Hunk |
| 1953 | Gary Franks, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Representative-R-Connecticut 1991 - 1997 |
| 1953 | Rick Wagoner, American Businessman |
| 1952 | Danny White, quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys |
| 1951 | Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, saxophonist, Kool and Gang |
| 1951 | Jay Inslee, born in Seattle, Washington, Representative-D-Washington 1993 - 1995 and 1999 - |
| 1951 | Penny Peyser, Irvington, New York, actress, Rich Man Poor Man, Knots Landing |
| 1950 | Andrew N Meltzoff, developmental psychologist |
| 1950 | Lloyd Weldon Keasor, Pumphrey, Maryland, wrestler 1976 Olympics silver |
| 1950 | Terry Hawkins, theatre administrator |
| 1949 | Bernard Gallacher, British golfer |
| 1949 | Janet Issaca Ashford, writer |
| 1949 | Judith Light, Trenton, New Jersey, Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live |
| 1947 | Joe Ely, Amarillo, Texas, country vocalist, Honky Tonk Masquerade |
| 1947 | Major Harris, U.S. R&B-singer, Love won't Let me wait |
| 1946 | Annette Penhaligon, born in England, politician, secretary for Member of Parliament for Truro, in Cornwall, England, knighted for services to politics and public service |
| 1946 | M J H Sterling, Vice-Chancellor, Brunel University |
| 1945 | Bill Bergey, born in South Dayton, New York, American collegiate and professional football player, played for American Football League's Cincinnati Bengals and NFL Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1945 | Mia Farrow, American Actress |
| 1944 | Alice Walker, U.S., novelist, Color Purple, Meridian |
| 1943 | Barbara Lewis, U.S. vocalist, Hello Stranger |
| 1943 | James King, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, basketball player, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1943 | Joe Pesci, born in Newark, New Jersey, actor, Half Nelson, Goodfellas |
| 1943 | Jonny Nilsson, Sweden, 10K speed skater 1964 Olympic gold |
| 1943 | Squire Fridell, born in Oakland California, actor, Rosetti and Ryan |
| 1943 | Joseph E. Stiglitz, American Economist |
| 1942 | Carole King, Klein, born in Brooklyn, New York, pianist/singer, Tapestry |
| 1942 | Peder Lunde, Jr., Norway, yachtsman 1960 Olympics gold |
| 1941 | Sheila James Kuehl, politician/actress, Zelda-Dobie Gillis |
| 1940 | Brian Bennett, London, rock drummer, Shadows |
| 1940 | Smokey Robinson, rocker, & Miracles-Tears of Clown |
| 1939 | Barry Mann, R&B singer, Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp Bomp Bomp |
| 1939 | Janet Suzman, South Africa, actress, Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run |
| 1937 | Brian Wenham, media consultant/journalist |
| 1937 | Johnny Sayles, U.S. vocalist, You Made Me Wiggle |
| 1936 | Clive Swift, Liverpool, actor, Frenzy, Passage to India |
| 1935 | Paul Flynn, born in Cardiff, Wales, born Paul Philip Flynn, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Newport West |
| 1934 | John A. Ziegler, Jr., Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 4th NHL President, 1977-92 |
| 1933 | Jo Ann Prentice, LPGA golfer |
| 1933 | Charles Williams, born in Oxford, England, cricketer, batsman, Labor peer, Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Baron Williams of Elvel |
| 1933 | Charles Johnson, born in Tacoma, Washington, born Charles W. Johnson, Justice Johnson, judge, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court of the State of Washington |
| 1931 | Xavier Benguerel, composer |
| 1929 | Bill Barrett, born in Lexington, Nebraska, Representative-R-Nebraska, 1991 - 2001 |
| 1929 | James Mulcro Drew, composer |
| 1929 | Lennox Butler, cricketer, 1 Test WI vs. Australia 1955, 16 and 2-151 |
| 1929 | Willem Kersters, Flemish composer, Parwati, Gospel Song |
| 1928 | Roger Mudd, Washington D.C., news ancher, CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News |
| 1928 | Frank Frazetta, American Artist |
| 1927 | Donald Miller, CEO, Scottish Power |
| 1927 | Norman Adams, painter/ceramic sculptor |
| 1926 | Garret FitzGerald, Prime Minister of Ireland |
| 1925 | Vic Wertz, baseball player |
| 1924 | George Guest, British organist |
| 1923 | Brendan Behan, born in Dublin, Ireland, author and poet, Hostage |
| 1923 | Kathryn Grayson, born in North Carolina, vocalist/actress, Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate |
| 1923 | Norman E. Shumway, born in Michigan, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon |
| 1922 | James C "Jim" Laker, Bradford England, cricket off spinner |
| 1921 | B M Ducat-Amos, Air Commandant/director, RAF Nursing Service |
| 1921 | Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher |
| 1914 | Bill Veeck, baseball club owner |
| 1914 | Ernest Tubb, born in Texas, guitarist/singer, I'm Walking the Floor over You |
| 1914 | Gypsy Rose Lee, born in Seattle, Washington stripper, or 0109 or 0208 |
| 1914 | Max Manus, resistance fighter |
| 1914 | Ralph Herman, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, orchestra leader, Circus Time |
| 1913 | Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder, Sports funds |
| 1912 | Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist |
| 1911 | Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord |
| 1910 | Jacques Monod, French biochemist |
| 1910 | Jacques Lucien Monod, French Scientist |
| 1909 | Carmen Miranda, born in Brazil, vocalist/actress, Copacabana, Date With Judy |
| 1909 | Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State, 1961 - 1969 |
| 1909 | Harald Genzmer, composer |
| 1909 | Heather Angel, Oxford England, actress, Informer, Last of Mohicans |
| 1909 | John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian |
| 1909 | David Dean Rusk, American Politician |
| 1908 | Jackie Fields, U.S., featherweight boxer 1924 Olympics gold |
| 1907 | Aubrey "Dit" Clapper, NHL hall of famer, Boston Bruins |
| 1906 | Gwen Catley, British soprano |
| 1903 | Georg Trexler, composer |
| 1902 | Blanche Calloway, U.S. vocalist/dancer, 12 Clouds of Joy |
| 1902 | Chester H Lauck, Allene AR, actor, Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live |
| 1901 | Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor, Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island |
| 1897 | Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator |
| 1892 | Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, Indonesian adat justice |
| 1892 | Peggy Wood, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, One Life to Live, Mama |
| 1891 | Pietro Nenni, Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs, 1946-47 |
| 1891 | Ronald Colman, England, 1947 Academy Award actor, Tale of 2 Cities |
| 1890 | Jacobus J P Oud, Dutch architect/co-founder, Stijl |
| 1887 | Henry Zimmerman, baseball player, 1912-batted .372 with 14 home runs |
| 1887 | Vital Celen, Flemish writer, Puppy Love |
| 1885 | Alban Maria Johannes Berg, Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer! |
| 1885 | Alban Berg, Austrian Composer |
| 1884 | Frederik Gerretson, Geerten Gossaert, Dutch poet/politician |
| 1882 | Thomas Campbell, South African cricket wicketkeeper, 5 Tests 1909-12 |
| 1879 | Carl Natanael Berg, composer |
| 1879 | Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist |
| 1876 | Alois Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor, Silent hours |
| 1876 | Martin Stixrud, Norway, figure skater, Olympic-bronze-1920 |
| 1875 | Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer |
| 1874 | Amy Lowell, U.S. poet and critic, Patterns, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed |
| 1874 | Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatrical director/actor, Houligan |
| 1871 | Franc S Finzgar, Slovenian clergyman/writer, Our Blood |
| 1871 | Howard T Ricketts, U.S. pathologist, studied typhus fever |
| 1867 | Edward Naylor, composer |
| 1867 | Natsume Soseki [Natsume Kinnosuke], Japanese author, Kokoro |
| 1866 | George Ade, U.S., journalist/playwright/humorist, Fables in Slang |
| 1865 | Erich von Drygalski, Germany, geographer/glaciologist/Antarctic expl |
| 1865 | Patrick Campbell, England, actress, Pygmalion |
| 1863 | Anthony Hope, British Writer |
| 1857 | Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education |
| 1854 | Aletta Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician |
| 1854 | Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader, Irish Unionist Party |
| 1853 | Leander Starr Jameson, Prime Minister of South African Cape colony |
| 1846 | Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes |
| 1834 | Felix Dahn, born in Hamburg, Germany, writer, wrote 'Prehistory of the Germanic and Roman Peoples' |
| 1834 | Franz Xaver Witt, composer |
| 1830 | Abdul Aziz, Istanbul Ottoman, 32nd sultan of Turkey, 1861-76 |
| 1826 | John Alexander Logan, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1822 | Charles T Stork, Dutch industrialist |
| 1814 | Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for New York Public Library |
| 1808 | Francesco Gomez da Rocha, composer |
| 1783 | Vasili A. Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator, Homer |
| 1780 | Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer |
| 1775 | Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungary, mathematician, parallel axiom |
| 1773 | William Henry Harrison, Virginia, Whigs, 9th President, March 4-April 4, 1841 |
| 1772 | Frans Mikael Franzen, Finnish-Swedish poet, Abo |
| 1771 | Daniel Belknap, composer |
| 1756 | Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer |
| 1748 | Luther Martin, American Politician |
| 1744 | Amos Bull, composer, wrote book of hymns 'The Responsary', used in New England churches |
| 1741 | Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer |
| 1735 | Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian |
| 1708 | Egidio Romoaldo Duni, composer, opera-comique |
| 1700 | Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch Mathematician |
| 1607 | Abraham Megerle, composer |
| 1602 | Franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza |
| 1579 | John Meursius, Dutch historian |
| 1578 | Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright/actor, L'adamo |
| 1441 | Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet and author, Mahbub al-kulub |
| 1404 | Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor |
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