| 1981 | Ray J, born in Carson, California, singer, record producer, actor, son of gospel singer William Norwood |
| 1980 | Zooey Deschanel, American Actress |
| 1979 | Kimi Raikkonen, Finnish Celebrity |
| 1978 | Irina A. Borisova, Miss Universe-Ukraine 1996 |
| 1977 | Ali el Kattabi, soccer player, Sparta |
| 1975 | Coco Lee, Chinese Musician |
| 1974 | Derrick Mason, wide receiver for the Tennessee Oilers |
| 1974 | Guillermo Mercedes, Dominican/US baseball infielder for the Texas Rangers |
| 1974 | Marcus Spriggs, offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1974 | Sharon Marie Ferris, New Zealand, yachter 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Giovanni Ribisi, American Actor |
| 1973 | Amanda Elizabeth Spivey, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Miss America-South Carolina 1996 |
| 1973 | Paula Radcliffe, English Athlete |
| 1972 | Rohn Meyer, CFL offensive linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders |
| 1972 | Wendall Gaines, NFL tight end for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1972 | Wyclef Jean, American Musician |
| 1971 | Derek Plante, Cloquet, NHL center for the Buffalo Sabres |
| 1971 | Peter Winter, Australian decathlete 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Tyler Houston, U.S. baseball catcher, Atlanta Braves |
| 1971 | Kid Rock, American Musician |
| 1971 | Chris Kirkpatrick, American Musician |
| 1970 | Candace Murray, Vancouver BC, softball shortstop 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Darnell Walker, NFL cornerback, Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers |
| 1970 | Jeremy Roenick, born in Boston, Massachusetts, NHL center, Team USA, Blackhawks, Coyotes |
| 1970 | Sean Patrick Thomas, American Actor |
| 1969 | Naveen Andrews, British Actor |
| 1969 | Rick Mercer, Canadian Comedian |
| 1967 | Gregory Caccia, Bayshore, New York, team handball right back 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | William Michael Heinen, Jr., Rayne, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1994 Shell Houston |
| 1966 | Anna Ivan, La Jolla Cal, tennis star |
| 1966 | Don Myrah, born in Oakland California, cyclist, Olympics-20th-96 |
| 1966 | Karissa Rushing, Benton Arkansas, Miss Arkansas-America 1991 |
| 1966 | Rexton Gordon, Jamaican dj/rapper, Shabba Ranks-Extra Naked |
| 1966 | Shabba Ranks, reggae singer |
| 1966 | Trish Johnson, Bristol England, LPGA golfer, 1993 Las Vegas |
| 1964 | Jeff Tabaka, U.S. baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres |
| 1963 | Norm MacDonald, Canadian Actor |
| 1962 | Jim Carrey, born in Ontario, Canada, actor, Living Color, Dumb and Dumber, Mask |
| 1962 | Richard Jewell, American Celebrity |
| 1962 | Mike Judge, American Producer |
| 1961 | Maia Chiburdanidze, Kutaisi U.S.S.R., women's world chess champ |
| 1960 | Chili Davis, born in Kingston, Jamacia, outfielder for the California Angels |
| 1960 | John Crawford, Palo Alto California, bass, Berlin-You Take My Breath Away |
| 1959 | Susanna Hoffs, actress/rocker, Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian |
| 1958 | Jez Strode, rocker, Kajagoogoo |
| 1957 | Donna Stone, New Jersey, fencer-epee 1996 Olympics |
| 1957 | Paul Merton, British Comedian |
| 1956 | David Caruso, actor, NYPD Blue, Michael Hayes |
| 1956 | Mitch Vogel, Alhambra California, actor, Jamie-Bonanza |
| 1956 | Paul Young, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Every Time You Go Away |
| 1956 | Patrick Murray, British Actor |
| 1956 | Peter Farrelly, American Director |
| 1955 | Steve Earle, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Guitar Town |
| 1954 | Janet Dykman, Monterey Park California, archer 1996 Olympics |
| 1954 | Robert F Kennedy, Jr., attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council |
| 1953 | Sheila Hutchinson, rocker |
| 1952 | Larry Fortensky, former husband of Liz Taylor, 7th |
| 1952 | Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese, rocker, Academy Award 1988, Yellow Magic Orchestra |
| 1951 | Rolando Thoeni, Italy, slalom 1972 Olympics bronze |
| 1951 | Stephen Root, American Actor |
| 1949 | Andy Kaufman, born in New York City, comedian/actor, Latka Gravas-Taxi |
| 1949 | Debbie Watson, La Mirada California, actress, Karen, Tammy |
| 1949 | Anita Borg, American Scientist |
| 1948 | Alexander "Alec" Erwin, South African worker's union leader |
| 1948 | Mick Taylor, rock bassist, Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar |
| 1947 | Gail Toushin, LPGA golfer |
| 1947 | Jane Elliot, New York City, actress, Baby Boom, General Hospital, Knots Landing |
| 1947 | Todd Susman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Goodnight Beantown |
| 1947 | Ulysses Dove, dancer and choreographer |
| 1946 | Adam Michnik, Polish Editor |
| 1946 | Andrew Gould, Businessman |
| 1945 | William Hart, U.S. singer, 4 Gents, Delfonics-I'm Sorry |
| 1945 | Chris Matthews, American Journalist |
| 1944 | Rem Koolhaas, Dutch Architect |
| 1943 | Chris Montez, rocker |
| 1943 | Daniel Charles Brandenstein, Watertown Wi, ast, STS-8, 51-G, 32, 49 |
| 1942 | Muhammad Ali, heavyweight champ boxer, 1964-7 74-8 |
| 1942 | Randy Boone, Fayetteville, North Carolina, actor, Cimarron Strip, Virginian |
| 1942 | Barry McCaffrey, American Soldier |
| 1940 | H Kipchoge "Kip" Keino, Kenya, 1500m runner, Gold Medal 1968, 1972 Olympics |
| 1940 | Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali, South African poet, Fireflames |
| 1940 | Tabare Vazquez, Uruguayan Statesman |
| 1939 | Antao D'Souza, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in six Tests 1959-62 |
| 1939 | Maury Povich, TV host, Current Affair, Maury, Mr Connie Chung |
| 1939 | Toini Gustafson, born in Sweden, 5K/10K cross country skier, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1939 | Auberon Waugh, British Author |
| 1938 | John Bellairs, U.S., sci-fi author, Chessmen of Doom |
| 1938 | Paul Revere, Harvard Nebraska, pianist, Paul Revere and Raiders |
| 1937 | Kerry Packer, Australian Businessman |
| 1936 | Jerry Fogel, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Jerry-Mothers-in-Law, White Shadow |
| 1935 | Jimmy Powell, born in Dallas, Texas, PGA golfer, 1990 Southwestern Bell Classic |
| 1935 | Paul O[sborne] Williams, U.S., sci-fi author, Ends of the Circle |
| 1935 | Ruth Ann Minner, American Politician |
| 1935 | George Lindsey, American Actor |
| 1934 | Donald Cammell, film director |
| 1934 | Shari Lewis, born in Bronx, New York, ventriloquist/puppeteer, Lamb Chop |
| 1934 | Sydney Phillip Hodkinson, composer |
| 1933 | Aga Khan, religious leader, Muslims |
| 1933 | Bruno Schroder, British baron/banker/multi-millionaire |
| 1933 | Dalida, Cairo, actress/singer, Miss Egypt, The 6th Day |
| 1933 | Sheree North, [Dawn Bethel], Louisiana, actress, Mary Tyler Moore Show |
| 1933 | Yolande Christina Dalida, Cairo Egypt |
| 1931 | Frederick Alfred Fox, composer |
| 1931 | James Earl Jones, Mississippi, actor, Darth Vader, Exorcist II, Soul Man |
| 1931 | L Douglas Wilder, Gov-D-Va |
| 1930 | Bill Benyon, English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader |
| 1930 | Robert Ceely, composer |
| 1930 | David Amram, American Composer |
| 1929 | Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante, Quebec, NHL goaltender, #1 |
| 1928 | Jean Barraque, French composer |
| 1928 | Ken Archer, cricketer, Australian batsman, 5 Tests early 50s |
| 1928 | Vidal Sassoon, London, hair stylist/CEO, Vidal Sasson |
| 1927 | Donald Erb, Youngstown, Ohio, composer |
| 1927 | Eartha Kitt, singer and actress, Catwoman-Batman |
| 1927 | Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer |
| 1926 | Clyde Walcott, cricketer, one of the three W's, later ICC chairman |
| 1926 | Moira Shearer, Dunfermline Scotland, ballerina, Red Shoes |
| 1926 | Richard Michael Hills, comedy script writer |
| 1926 | Newton N. Minow, American Lawyer |
| 1925 | A H Kardar, cricketer, Pak 1st Test captain, prev played for India |
| 1925 | Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer, Scenes and Arias |
| 1925 | Duane Hanson, U.S. sculptor |
| 1925 | Rock Hudson, born in Winnetka, Illinois, actor, McMillian and Wife |
| 1924 | Jewel Plummer Cobb, educator/president, California State University at Fullerton |
| 1923 | Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor, Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift |
| 1922 | Betty White, Oak Park, actress, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls |
| 1922 | Luis Echeverria Alvarez, president Mexico |
| 1921 | Dehl Berti, born in Pueblo, Colorado, actor, John Taylor-Guns of Paradise |
| 1920 | Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician |
| 1920 | Nora Kaye, New York City, prima ballerina |
| 1918 | Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician |
| 1917 | Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR, Indian film star, politician |
| 1917 | Oskar Morawetz, Svetla Czechoslovakia, composer |
| 1917 | Ulyses Simpson Kay, composer |
| 1916 | Joel Herron, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Jaye P Morgan Show |
| 1916 | Shelby Foote, American Author |
| 1916 | Penelope Fitzgerald, English Poet |
| 1915 | Robert A. Dahl, American Writer |
| 1914 | William Stafford, American Poet |
| 1913 | Werenfried [Flip] van Straaten, founder, Oostpriesterhulp |
| 1913 | Yuvraj of Patiala, cricketer, scored 24 and 60 in only Test India vs. Eng |
| 1912 | Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer |
| 1911 | Hermann Pfrogner, Austria, musicologist, Zerrissene Orpheus |
| 1910 | Edith S. Green, born in Trent, South Dakota, Representative-D-Oregon 1955 - 1974 |
| 1910 | Michael Economides, restaurateur |
| 1908 | Akkineni LV Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, producer |
| 1908 | Willard Libby, American Scientist |
| 1907 | Henk H Badings, Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer, Orestes |
| 1905 | Franz Schmid, Germany, ascended northside of Matterhorn, 1931 |
| 1904 | Grant Withers, Pueblo CO, actor, Oklahoma, Annie |
| 1904 | Patsy Ruth Miller, actress, Quebec, Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds |
| 1903 | Warren Hull, Gasport, New York, actor, Strike it Rich, Who in the World |
| 1902 | Geoffrey W. Lloyd, British minister of Brandstoffen/Energy, 1951-55 |
| 1901 | Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky, composer |
| 1900 | Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant, patron of the arts |
| 1899 | Al Capone, Italy, gangster, Chicago bootlegging |
| 1899 | Nevil Shute [Norway], London, novelist, On the Beach, Town Like Alice |
| 1899 | Robert Maynard Hutchins, U.S., educator/civil libertarian |
| 1899 | Roel [Martinus F] Houwink, Dutch literary, 1 Man Without Character |
| 1899 | Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator |
| 1897 | Nils Asther, Malmo Sweden, actor, Bluebeard, Night Monster |
| 1896 | Harry Reser, born Piqua, Ohio, orchestra leader, Sammy Kaye Show |
| 1891 | Marjorie Gateson, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, One Man's Family |
| 1891 | Norman "Squab" Read, U.S. aviator who lived to be 101 |
| 1891 | Walter Eucken, German economist |
| 1891 | Hu Shih, Chinese Philosopher |
| 1886 | Glenn Luther Martin, aviator, Collier Trophy-1933 |
| 1886 | Ronald Firbank, London, novelist, Flower Beneath the Foot |
| 1885 | E Ball-Hennings, writer |
| 1885 | Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader |
| 1884 | Noah Beery, U.S. actor, Mark of Zorro, Sea Wolf |
| 1881 | Alfred R Radcliffe-Browne, British anthropologist, Andaman Islanders |
| 1880 | Mack Sennett, movie creator, Keystone Kops |
| 1878 | Oscar Apfel, Cleveland, actor, Abraham Lincoln, Inspiration, Before Dawn |
| 1877 | Hans Jelmoli, composer |
| 1876 | Olga Fastrova, writer |
| 1876 | August Sander, German Photographer |
| 1873 | Francois Rasse, composer |
| 1868 | Paul Hirsch, German Politician |
| 1864 | Lucien Herr, France, scientist, Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller |
| 1863 | David Lloyd George, L-PM-Britain, 1916-22 |
| 1863 | Henry Charles Tonking, composer |
| 1863 | Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russia, director, Stanislavski Method |
| 1862 | John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher |
| 1858 | Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author, Frutos de mi Tierra |
| 1857 | Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer, 1st sound-on-film recording |
| 1857 | Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer, Evangelimann |
| 1853 | Alva Vanderbilt Beaumont, women's rights advocate and activist |
| 1850 | Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, St. Petersburg Russia, composer |
| 1845 | Lucas Lindeboom, Dutch vicar/evangelist, Vredebond |
| 1842 | Anton G van Hamel, founder, Roman Philology in Netherlands |
| 1840 | Paul Meyer, French Writer |
| 1836 | Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer |
| 1835 | Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian bishop/poet/dialectologist |
| 1835 | Johan Filip von Schantz, composer |
| 1834 | Wilhelmina J R Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress/daughter of Mimi Bia |
| 1833 | Paul Bert, French Scientist |
| 1829 | Catherine Booth, American Activist |
| 1828 | Lewis Addison Grant, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1918 |
| 1820 | Anne Bronte, English novelist/poet, Tenant of Wildfell Hall |
| 1818 | Antoine Dorion, L, joint premier of Canada, 1858, 1863-64 |
| 1814 | Ellen Wood, English author, East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey |
| 1806 | James Madison Randolph, Jefferson's grandson, 1st born in White House |
| 1800 | Caleb Cushing, American Diplomat |
| 1780 | Richard Mentor Johnson, American Politician |
| 1771 | Charles Brockden Brown, father of American novel, Wieland |
| 1769 | Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer |
| 1761 | James Hall, Scotland, geologist |
| 1759 | Paul Cuffe, Massachusetts, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist |
| 1745 | Nicolas Roze, composer |
| 1734 | Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belgian-French composer, Les Pacheurs, Mirza |
| 1733 | Thomas Linley, composer |
| 1732 | Stanislaw II August Poniatowski, last king of Poland, 1764-95 |
| 1728 | Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer |
| 1719 | Jean-Joseph Vade, composer |
| 1712 | John Stanley, composer |
| 1706 | Benjamin Franklin, Boston, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor |
| 1683 | Gerard van Loon, Dutch historian |
| 1659 | Antonio Veracini, composer |
| 1657 | Pieter van Bloemen, [Standaart], Flemish painter, baptized |
| 1612 | Thomas Fairfax, Lord Fairfax, English Parliamentary general |
| 1600 | Calderon, writer |
| 1600 | Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Spanish poet/dramatist |
| 1574 | Robert Fludd, composer |
| 1545 | Antonio Pace, composer |
| 1517 | Antonio Scandello, Italian composer, Passion of Johannes |
| 1504 | Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope, 1566-72 |
| 1501 | Leonhard Fuchs, Germany, botanist, History of Plants |
| 1463 | Frederick III, the Wise, elector of Saxony, 1486-25, protector Luther |
| 1342 | Philip, the Bold, duke of Burgundy |