| 1979 | Chris H E Smith, Daddy Mack, Atlanta, rapper, Kris Kross-Warm it Up |
| 1975 | Shannon Kavanaugh, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rocker, Ivory Soul |
| 1974 | Andre Kirwan, CFL receiver for the Toronto Argonauts |
| 1974 | Hollis Thomas, defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1973 | Berry Radstraat, Dutch soccer player, NEC, SCH |
| 1973 | Glenn Robinson, born in Gary, Indiana, NBA forward, Milw, Olympics gold 96 |
| 1973 | Travis Davis, NFL strong safety, NO Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1972 | Thomas Lewis, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants |
| 1971 | Guylaine Cloutier, Levis QUE, 100m breaststroke swimmer, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Cameron MacKenzie, Australian 100m/200m/400m 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Deon Figures, NFL cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1970 | James Wilson, WLAF defensive end for the Rhein Fire |
| 1969 | Doug E Doug, rapper/comedian, Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever |
| 1969 | Juanita Clayton, Manitou Manitoba, softball catcher 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Lyle Menendez, New York, accused of killing his parents, Menendez Brothers |
| 1968 | Malcolm Showell, WLAF defensive end for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1967 | Mick Hankers, Dutch dancer, Josephine, Sound of Motown |
| 1967 | Micky Michelle, Ingrid Hankers, Dutch dancer, Josephine |
| 1967 | Trini Alvarado, born in New York City, New York, actor, known for playing role of Meg in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, and Lucy Lynskey in film, The Frighteners |
| 1965 | James Washington, NFL safety, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins |
| 1965 | Nathan, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret |
| 1964 | Karen Josephson, Bristol, Connecticut, synchronized swimmer 1992 Olympics gold |
| 1964 | Krista Tesreau, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Tina-OLTL, Silk Stalkings |
| 1964 | Sarah Josephson, Bristol, Connecticut, synchronized swimmer 1992 Olympics gold |
| 1963 | Frank Wijnhoven, Dutch soccer player, NEC, Treffers |
| 1963 | Mark Pryor, born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, politician, Democrat, U.S. Senator from Arkansas, voted to confirm Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General |
| 1962 | Jim Lindeman, U.S. baseball outfielder for the New York Mets |
| 1961 | Evan Handler, New York City, actor, Dear Mr. Wonderful |
| 1961 | Janet Jones, Bridgeton, Missouri, actress, American Anthem, Flamingo Kid |
| 1961 | Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg, Rome, Italy, concert violinist |
| 1961 | Bill Shuster, American Politician |
| 1959 | Chandra Cheesborough, born in Jacksonville, Florida, 4X100 runner, Olympics gold 84 |
| 1959 | Don Letts, rocker, Big Audio Dynamite |
| 1959 | Kirk and Curtwood, musician, Meat Puppets |
| 1957 | Robert Thompson, born in Houston, Texas, Nike golfer, 1990 Boise Open-2nd |
| 1957 | Greg Walden, American Politician |
| 1956 | Shawn Colvin, born in Vermillion, South Dakota, singer, songwriter, guitarist, rock, contemporary folk genres, influenced by Joni Mitchell |
| 1955 | Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker, MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions |
| 1953 | Bobby Rahal, Indy-car racer, over 15 wins |
| 1953 | Pat Benatar, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, Hell Is for Children |
| 1952 | Scott Thurston, keyboardist/guitarist, Motels-Only the Lonely |
| 1951 | Kathleen Bradley, Youngstown, Ohio, model, Price is Right |
| 1950 | Cyril Neville, rocker, Neville Brothers |
| 1950 | Roy Blunt, American Politician |
| 1949 | George Foreman, born in Houston, Texas, world heavyweight boxing champ, 1973 - 1974, 1995 |
| 1949 | Teresa Graves, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Laugh-in, Get Christie Love |
| 1949 | Walter S Browne, U.S. chess champion, 1974-78, 1980-84 |
| 1948 | Cyril Neville, U.S. singer/percussionist, Neville Bros-Yellow Moon |
| 1948 | Donald Fagen, born in Passaic, New Jersey, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Steely Dan-Peg |
| 1948 | William Sanderson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Larry-Newhart, Blade Runner |
| 1947 | George Alec Effinger, U.S., sci-fi author, Nick of Time |
| 1946 | Alexis Nihon, Jr., Bahamas, wrestler 1968 Olympics |
| 1946 | Aynsley Dunbar, rocker, Journey, Jefferson Starship |
| 1946 | Bob Lang, rock bassist, Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders |
| 1945 | Rod Stewart, born in London, singer, Maggie Mae, Do You Think I'm Sexy |
| 1942 | Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, Russia, cosmonaut |
| 1942 | Jim Croce, Philadelphia, rock vocalist, Time in a Bottle |
| 1942 | Walter Hill, director, 48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice |
| 1940 | Harry Gant, NASCAR driver |
| 1939 | Bill Toomey, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, decathelete, Olympics gold 68 |
| 1939 | Sal Mineo, New York City, actor, Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause |
| 1939 | David Horowitz, American Writer |
| 1938 | Francis W "Frank" Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1938 | Frank Mahovlich, NHL Hall of Famer, Mont Canadians |
| 1938 | Ivan Twigden, English contractor/multi-millionaire, Twigden PLC |
| 1938 | Willie "Stretch" McCovey, 1st baseman, San Francisco Giant #44 |
| 1938 | Donald Knuth, American Scientist |
| 1936 | Al Goldstein, American Publisher |
| 1935 | Georg Katzer, born in Habelschwerdt, Lower Silesia, German composer, established electronic new music in the German Democratic Republic |
| 1935 | Ronnie Hawkins, Arkansas, rocker, The Band-Who Do You Love? |
| 1935 | Sherrill Milnes, Hinsdale Illinois, baritone |
| 1934 | Leonard Boswell, American Politician |
| 1933 | Akira Miyoshi, born in Suginami, Tokyo, composer, influenced by Henri Dutilleux, professor, Toho Gakuen School of Music, Japan |
| 1933 | Len Coldwell, cricket bowler, England medium-fast in 7 Tests 1962-64 |
| 1933 | Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer |
| 1931 | Alexander L "Alex" Boraine, South Africa vicar/MP |
| 1931 | Ron Galella, celebrity photographer, sued by Jackie O |
| 1931 | Peter Barnes, English Playwright |
| 1930 | Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues singer |
| 1930 | Roy E Disney, CEO, Disney |
| 1928 | Donald Brooks, fashion designer, Emmy 1983 |
| 1928 | Wallace Berry, composer |
| 1927 | Gisele MacKenzie, Winnipeg Manitoba, singer and actress, Your Hit Parade |
| 1927 | Johnnie Ray, Dallas OR, pop singer, Cry |
| 1927 | Lee Philips, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ellery Queen |
| 1924 | Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer |
| 1924 | Max Roach, born in North Carolina, American jazz percussionist, drummer, composer |
| 1923 | Ingeborg Drewitz, writer |
| 1921 | Rodger Ward, American Celebrity |
| 1920 | Georges Marchal, Nancy France, actor, Evil Eden, Gina, Milky Way |
| 1917 | Jerry Wexler, born in New York, music journalist, music producer, in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 1915 | Dean Dixon, born in Zug, Switzerland, conductor |
| 1914 | Claude Gallimard, France, publisher |
| 1914 | Polly Rowles, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actress, Aunt Laurie-Jamie |
| 1913 | Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslovakia, 1975 - 1989 |
| 1913 | Haywood Frank Henry, sax player |
| 1911 | Jan Boon, Tjalie Robinson, Dutch East Indies publicist, Tong Tong |
| 1910 | Dorothy Stroud, garden historian |
| 1910 | Galina Ulanova, St. Petersburg Russia, ballerina, Bolshoi |
| 1910 | Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer |
| 1909 | Grace Mitchell, educator |
| 1909 | Rudolf Kubin, composer |
| 1908 | Bernard Lee, born in London, England, actor, M in James Bond movies |
| 1908 | Paul Henreid, Trieste, actor, Casablanca, 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse |
| 1904 | Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer |
| 1904 | Ray Bolger, Dorchester Massachusetts, actor/dancer, Wizard of Oz |
| 1903 | Barbara Hepworth, English abstract sculptor/actress, Rescued by Rover |
| 1903 | Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor |
| 1903 | Jens A. Schade, Danish writer, Schadebogen, Losses Hojsang |
| 1901 | Pauline Starke, Joplin, Missouri, actress, Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic |
| 1898 | Sergei M Eisenstein, Russian director, Alexandr Nevski, |
| 1897 | Albert Moeschinger, composer |
| 1894 | Reginald Denham, London, Broadway director, Obsession, The Bad Seed |
| 1892 | Dumas Malone, Mississippi, historian, Jefferson and His Time |
| 1891 | Jos Speybrouck, Flemish painter |
| 1891 | Louis A. Johnson, American Public Servant |
| 1890 | Douglas MacLean, Philadelphia, silent film comedian/producer, Going Up |
| 1890 | Ernest Milton, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three |
| 1888 | Emile van Bosch, Dutch revue/operetta-artist, Fair Folks |
| 1888 | Grock, born in Switzerland, clown |
| 1887 | Robinson Jeffers, U.S., poet/playwright, Tamar and Other Poems, Medea |
| 1886 | Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer |
| 1884 | James Philip Dunn, composer |
| 1883 | Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer, Pjotr Peroyj, |
| 1883 | Florence Reed, Philadelphia, silent film actress, Dancing Girl |
| 1883 | Francis X Bushman, born in Norfolk, Virginia, silent film actor, Ben Hur |
| 1882 | Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor, Fatal Hour |
| 1880 | Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer, Short Cause |
| 1880 | French van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp |
| 1880 | Grock, Adrien Wettach, Swiss clown/circus director |
| 1880 | Manuel Azana y Diaz, PM/president of 2nd Spanish republic, 1936-39 |
| 1877 | Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor, elecrostatic precipitator |
| 1876 | Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith |
| 1873 | Howard Chandler Christy, American Artist |
| 1871 | Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author, Jesse and Maria |
| 1867 | Gerhard Anschutz, German MP |
| 1864 | George Washington Carver, American Scientist |
| 1858 | Heinrich Zille, German cartoonist, Cheerful Blatter, Simplicissimus |
| 1855 | Peter J Blok, Dutch historian, History of the Dutch People |
| 1854 | Peter Gast, composer |
| 1843 | Frank James, American Criminal |
| 1834 | John Acton, born in Naples, Italy, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie |
| 1825 | Alexander Travis Hawthorn, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1815 | Alexander Brydie Dyer, Major General Union Army |
| 1815 | Thomas Williams, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1814 | Aubrey de Vere, Irish writer, Victorian Observer |
| 1797 | A V Droste-Hulshoff, writer |
| 1780 | M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist |
| 1778 | Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, naming plants and animals |
| 1769 | Michel Ney, French marshal, Waterloo |
| 1768 | James Varicick, 1st AME Zion Bishop |
| 1766 | Louis Massonneau, composer |
| 1760 | Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer |
| 1747 | Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker |
| 1738 | Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter, lead the Green Mtn Boys |
| 1701 | Johann Caspar Simon, composer |
| 1683 | Gasparo Visconti, composer |
| 1644 | Louis Boufflers, marshall of France |
| 1638 | Niels Stensen, Danish astronomer |
| 1635 | Willem Brakel, Frisian theologist, Reasonable religion |
| 1628 | Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, Jan Maet, seascape painter |
| 1502 | Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader, Children of God |
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