| 1979 | Karen Smith, Australian field hockey midfielder/halfback 1996 Olympics |
| 1978 | Lnd Girchoukevitch, NHL goaltender, Belarus, 1998 Olympics |
| 1976 | Florian Keller, Munchen GER, hockey player, Team Germany, Rosenheim |
| 1976 | Andy Milonakis, born in Katonah, New York, actor, comedian, uses comedy to deflect from his congenital growth-hormone condition, giving him the voice, appearance of an adolescent boy, appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live television show |
| 1974 | Christian Bale, Wales, actor, Empire of the Sun, Little Women |
| 1974 | Martina Jerant, Windsor Ontario, basketball center 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Robert Rollins, cricketer, big-hitting Essex wicketkeeper-batsman |
| 1974 | Tom Jenkinson, English Musician |
| 1973 | Brad Yamaoka, CFL running back for the BC Lions |
| 1973 | Holly Noelle Roehl, Miss Indiana USA 1996 |
| 1973 | Jalen Rose, NBA guard for the Indiana Pacers |
| 1973 | Jimmy Oliver, NFL wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1973 | Sharone Wright, NBA center and forward for the Toronto Raptors |
| 1972 | Burt Thornton, CFL receiver for the Hamilton Tiger Cats |
| 1972 | Chris Simon, Wawa, NHL left wing for the Colorado Avalanche |
| 1972 | Jill McGill, born in Denver, Colorado, LPGA golfer, 1995 British Open-2nd |
| 1971 | Brent Moss, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1971 | Chris Slade, NFL outside linebacker for the New England Patriots |
| 1971 | Derek Allen, NFL/WLAF offensive linebacker, New York Giants, Rhein Fire |
| 1971 | Kevin Knox, WLAF receiver for the Rhein Fire |
| 1971 | Kimo Von Oelhoffen, NFL defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1971 | Milko Pieren, Dutch soccer player, Sparta |
| 1971 | Quentin Neujahr, NFL center, Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns |
| 1971 | Takeshi Yamanaka, hockey defenseman, Team Japan 1998 |
| 1971 | Trent Klatt, Robbinsdale, NHL right wing for the Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1971 | Tim Jones, born in America, composer, musician, composer of film scores including, 'Chuck', 'Vampires: The Turning', 'Wicked Little Things' |
| 1970 | Edwin de Kruyf/Kruijff, soccer player, FC Utrecht, FC Groningen |
| 1970 | Oleg Khmyl, NHL defenseman, Belarus, 1998 Olympics |
| 1970 | Scott Levins, Spokane, NHL right wing, Ottawa Senators |
| 1968 | Bob Nardella, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998 |
| 1968 | Felipe de Borbon, Prince of Asturias, heir to Spanish throne |
| 1968 | Trevor Dunn, American Musician |
| 1967 | Bill Leverty, Richmond, Virginia, guitarist, Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime |
| 1966 | Danielle Goyette, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics |
| 1966 | Daphne Ashbrook, born in Long Beach, California, actress, Liz-Our Family Honor |
| 1965 | Julie McCullough, Honolulu Hi, playmate, Feb 86, actress, Growing Pains |
| 1964 | Cheryl Akemi Toma, Pearl City Hawaii, Miss Hawaii-America 1991 |
| 1962 | King Abdullah II, Jordanian Statesman |
| 1961 | Ranjit Madurasinghe, cricketer, 3 Tests for Sri Lanka 1988-92 |
| 1961 | Dexter Scott King, American Actor |
| 1960 | Tony O'Dell, born in Pasadena, California, actor, Alan Pinkard-Head of the Class |
| 1959 | Jody Watley, Chic, dancer, Solid Gold, singer, Looking For a New Love |
| 1958 | Brett Butler, born in Montgomery, Alabama, comedienne, Grace-Grace Under Fire |
| 1958 | Rob van Zandvoort, Dutch rock vocalist/keyboardist, Jack of Hearts |
| 1957 | William Payne Stewart, born in Springfield, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1983 Walt Disney |
| 1957 | Payne Stewart, professional golfer, won the U.S. Open, 1991 and 1999, won PGA Championship in 1989, among others |
| 1955 | Curtis Strange, born in Norfolk, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1989 U.S. Open |
| 1955 | Judith Tarr, U.S., sci-fi author, Isle of Glass, Ars Magica |
| 1955 | Michael Thompson, guitarist, Afterburn, Fresh, Sahara, Gridlock'd |
| 1955 | John Baldacci, born in Bangor, Maine, politician, Democratic party, 73rd Governor of Maine |
| 1954 | Alides Hidding, singer/guitarist, Time Bandits |
| 1951 | Bobby Stokes, born in Portsmouth, England, athlete, English footballer, scored the winning goal in 1976, Southampton F.C. vs. Manchester United, FA Cup Final, in the 83rd-minute, considered biggest upset in FA Cup Final history |
| 1951 | Charles S Dutton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Alien 3, Crocodile Dundee 2, Roc |
| 1951 | Clifford Leon Anderson, rocker, Cure |
| 1951 | Phil Collins, England, singer/drummer, Genesis-Against All Odds |
| 1951 | Trevor Laughlin, cricketer, Australian all-rounder 1978-79 |
| 1951 | Charles S. Dutton, American Actor |
| 1950 | Bruce Howard Lidington, actor, Sword of Valiant, Mosses |
| 1949 | William King, Alabama, soul trumpeteer, Commodores-Easy |
| 1949 | Peter Agre, American Scientist |
| 1948 | William Hastings-Bass, born in England, William Edward Robin Hood Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntington, member of the Seventh Creation, Earls of Huntington |
| 1948 | Nicholas Broomfield, director/editor, Dark Obsession, Heidi Fleiss |
| 1947 | Martin Christoph Redel, composer |
| 1947 | Steve Marriott, rock guitarist and vocalist, Humble Pie-Eat It, Faces |
| 1946 | Lord Mackay of Drumadoon, British QC |
| 1945 | Michael Dorris, born in Louisville, Kentucky, writer, scholar, first unmarried man to adopt child, Raynold Abel, wrote about Reynold in 'The Broken Cord' |
| 1945 | Robert Wittinger, composer |
| 1944 | John Thornton, English chocolate factory/multi-millionaire |
| 1944 | William Westwood, born in England, born William Gavin Westwood, 3rd Baron Westwood of Gosforth in the County of Northumberland, Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| 1944 | Lynn Harrell, New York City, cellist |
| 1943 | Davy Johnson, baseball manager for the New York Mets |
| 1942 | Andres, Dries Holten, Dutch singer, Sandra and Andres |
| 1942 | Christopher Howes, Crown Estate Second Commissioner |
| 1942 | Dave Brown, cricketer, Warwicks pace bowler, played 26X for England |
| 1942 | Heidi Bruhl, German actress and singer, Madels vom Immenhof |
| 1942 | Marty Balin, Cincinnati, singer, Jefferson Starship-Miracles |
| 1941 | Dick Cheney, born in Lincoln Nebraska, Representative-R-Wyoming 1979 - 1989, George H. W. Bush's Secretary of Defense, 1989 - 1993, vice president 2001 - 2009 |
| 1941 | Joe Terranoua, rocker, Danny and The Juniors |
| 1940 | David C. Johnson, born in Batavia, New York, composer, flutist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, performed live-electronic music |
| 1939 | Eleanor Smeal, feminist/president, NOW |
| 1939 | Frank Wolf, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Virginia 1981 - |
| 1939 | Nick Gaselee, racehorse trainer |
| 1939 | Frank R. Wolf, American Politician |
| 1938 | Marcel P A van Dam, Dutch politician/CEO, VARA Radio/TV |
| 1938 | Marlies van Alcmaer, Smal, Dutch actress/director, Bridge too Far |
| 1938 | Islom Karimov, Uzbekistani Statesman |
| 1937 | Boris Spassky, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1969-72 |
| 1937 | Vanessa Redgrave, born in London, actress, Blow-Up, Julia, Orient Express |
| 1935 | John George Hughes, bishop of Kensington |
| 1935 | Martin Taylor, former vice-chairman, Hanson |
| 1935 | Richard Brautigan, born in Tacoma, Washington, writer, novelist, wrote Trout Fishing in America, known for black comedy, parody, satire, and Zen Buddhism |
| 1934 | Tammy Grimes, Lynn Massachusetts, actress, Can't Stop the Music |
| 1933 | Bob Muddimer, CEO, Ranks Hovis McDougall |
| 1933 | Louis Rukeyser, financial whiz, Wall Street Week |
| 1933 | Richard Dufallo, born in Chicago, Illinois, clarinetist/conductor |
| 1932 | Kazuo Inamori, Japanese business executive, Kyocera Ceramics Co |
| 1931 | Gene Hackman, born in California, actor, Bonnie and Clyde, Under Fire, Superman |
| 1931 | Jack Bowman, Chief Constable, Tayside |
| 1931 | Shirley Hazzard, Australian author, Transit of Venus |
| 1931 | Stewart McKinney, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Connecticut 1971 - 1987 |
| 1930 | Magnus Adem Malan, South African minister of Defense, 1980- |
| 1929 | Hugh Tayfield, cricketer, celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60 |
| 1929 | Richard Long, born in London, England, Richard Gerard Long, 4th Viscount Long, politician, Conservative Party |
| 1928 | Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster |
| 1928 | Harold Prince, U.S. producer/director, West Side Story, Evita |
| 1928 | Mitch Leigh, born in Brooklyn, New York, Irwin Michnick, graduated from Yale, composer, musical theater composer, theatrical producer, known for show Man Of La Mancha, composed jingle 'Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee' |
| 1927 | Olof Palme, Stockholm, Prime Minister of Sweden, 1969 - 1976, 1982 - 1986, assassinated |
| 1926 | Ruth Brown, born in Portsmouth, Virginia, actress, Leona-Hello Larry, Checking In |
| 1925 | Dorothy Malone, Chic, actress, At Gunpoint, Night and Day, Peyton Place |
| 1925 | Douglas Engelbart, American Inventor |
| 1924 | Margaret Beda Nicholson, author, No Medals for the Major |
| 1924 | Lloyd Alexander, born in Pennsylvania, American author, wrote children's fantasy novels, 'Cricket' magazine creator |
| 1922 | Dick Martin, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor/comedian, Laugh-In, Carbon Copy |
| 1922 | Pal Jardanyi, composer |
| 1921 | Bernie Leighton, West Haven, Connecticut, orchestra leader, Chance of a Lifetime |
| 1920 | George Skibine, Russian/U.S. dancer and choreographer, Tragedy in Verona |
| 1920 | Patrick Heron, abstract painter |
| 1919 | Robert Suter, composer |
| 1919 | Robert Lowry, born in Ireland, judge, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Baron Lowry of Crossgar in the County of Down |
| 1919 | Fred Korematsu, American Celebrity |
| 1918 | David Opatoshu, New York City, actor, Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada |
| 1918 | Jarl Andre Bjerke, Bernhard Borge, Norwegian poet/writer |
| 1915 | Dorothy Dell, actor, Little Miss Marker, Wharf Angel |
| 1915 | John D. Profumo, born in England, politician |
| 1915 | Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer/theory, Capitaine Bruno |
| 1914 | David Wayne, born in Traverse City, Michigan, actor, 'Andromeda Strain', 'Adams Rib' |
| 1914 | John Ireland, Vancouver BC, actor, Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral |
| 1914 | Louis Osman, artist architect goldsmith medallist/craftsman |
| 1913 | Dicky Fuller, cricketer, one Test WI vs. England 1935, 1, 0-12 |
| 1913 | Percy Thrower, English radio host |
| 1912 | Barbara Tuchman, U.S., historian/author, Pulitzer, Guns of August |
| 1912 | Jadwiga Wajsowna-Marcinkiewicz, discus thrower, Olympic-bronze-1932 |
| 1912 | Francis Schaeffer, American Theologian |
| 1911 | Alexander George Ogston, biochemist |
| 1911 | Hugh Marlowe, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor, Ellery Queen |
| 1911 | Roy Eldridge, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, jazz trumpeter, Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw |
| 1910 | Frans Dohmen, union leader, Dutch Catholic Mineworker's Union |
| 1909 | Mihaly Hajou, composer |
| 1909 | Richard Hearne, Norwich England, actor, Captain Horatio Hornblower |
| 1909 | Saul David Alinsky, born in Chicago, Illinois, radical writer, John L Lewis |
| 1909 | Saul Alinsky, American Activist |
| 1906 | Greta Nissen, actress, Ambassador Bill |
| 1903 | G Evelyn Hutchinson, British zoologist, Treatise on Limnology |
| 1902 | Elise Cavanna, actress, Pharmacist, Dentist, Barber Shop |
| 1902 | Nikolaus Pevsner, Engl, art historian, The Buildings of England |
| 1901 | Earl of Huntingdon, mural painter |
| 1900 | Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky, composer |
| 1900 | Martita Hunt, Argentina, actress, Man in Grey, Becket |
| 1900 | Sandy Powell, Rotherham England, costume designer, Rob Roy |
| 1899 | Max Theiler, English/U.S. microbiologist, Nobel 1951 |
| 1898 | Alfred Schlappi, born in Switzerland, 4 man bobsled, Gold Medal 1924 Olympics |
| 1894 | Boris III, czar of Bulgaria, 1918-43 |
| 1894 | Marcel Canneel, Flemish painter, Reuzenstoet |
| 1892 | Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, composer |
| 1892 | Grigore Gafencu, Roman minister of Foreign affairs, 1938-39 |
| 1885 | John Henry Towers, aviator/naval hero |
| 1882 | Franklin D. Roosevelt, born in Hyde Park, New York, 32nd President, D, 1933 - 1945 |
| 1873 | Rose Melville, actress, Sis |
| 1871 | Seymour Hicks, St. Helier Jersey, actor-manager, Scrooge |
| 1871 | Wilfred Lucas, actor, Pardon Us, Chump at Oxford |
| 1866 | Gelett Burgess, author, Purple Cow |
| 1865 | Samuel Pl'h Naber, Dutch rear-admiral/librarian |
| 1862 | Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer |
| 1861 | Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, Mulhouse Alsace, composer |
| 1853 | Leland Hone, cricketer, England keeper 1879 without county experience |
| 1846 | Francis H Bradley, British philosopher, neo-idealism |
| 1846 | F. H. Bradley, British Philosopher |
| 1844 | Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/Governor-General of Belgium, 1914-17 |
| 1841 | Alfred Townsend George, Civil War journalist |
| 1835 | Oliver Edwards, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1834 | Lord Avebury, John Lubbock, British banker/politician |
| 1830 | James G Blaine, U.S., minister of foreign affairs |
| 1829 | Alfred Cummings, Georgia, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1822 | John Basil Turchin, Ivan Turchinoff, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1816 | Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1814 | Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian glass painter |
| 1797 | Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1789 | George Augustus Kollmann, composer |
| 1781 | A vs. Chamisso, writer |
| 1781 | Adelbert von Chamisso, German Poet |
| 1775 | Walter Savage Landor, Warwick, critic/writer, Imaginary Conversation |
| 1760 | Franz Xaver Partsch, composer |
| 1756 | Josef Preindl, composer |
| 1752 | Joseph Matthias Kracher, composer |
| 1724 | Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer |
| 1719 | Magnus G Lichtwer, German writer, esopischer Fabeln |
| 1710 | Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer |
| 1708 | Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist |
| 1697 | Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer |
| 1694 | Joseph Joachim Benedict Munster, composer |
| 1687 | [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, baptized |
| 1647 | Konrad Hoffler, composer |
| 1628 | George Villiers, 2nd duke of Buckingham England |
| 1624 | Arnold Geulincx, South Netherland, philosopher, About Virtue |
| 1616 | William Sancroft, Archbishop, Canterbury |
| 1609 | Wenzel E Furst von Lobkowitz, Austrian chencellor, -1674 |
| 1566 | Alessandro Piccinini, composer |
| 1563 | Franciscus Gomarus, Francois Gomaer, Dutch theologist/opera singer |
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