| 1979 | Kim Rhode, Whittier California, double trap, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics |
| 1978 | Stephanie Lee Hamilton, Williston ND, Miss America-ND 1997 |
| 1976 | Anna Smashnova, born in Minsk, Russia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Erlangen GER |
| 1976 | Michael Petkovic, Australian soccer goalie, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics |
| 1975 | Jonathan Zwinkel, hockey forward, Team France 1998 |
| 1974 | Michelle Chandler, Australian basketball point guard, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Karla Beteta, Miss Universe-Guatemala 1996 |
| 1973 | Shaun Pollock, cricketer, son of Peter South African Test quick 1995- |
| 1973 | Tim Ryan, American Politician |
| 1972 | Aaron Glenn, NFL cornerback/kick returner for the New York Jets |
| 1972 | Mindy Carson, born in New York City, vocalist, Club Embassy, Ford Star Revue |
| 1971 | Chris Thomas, NFL wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers |
| 1971 | Corey Feldman, born in Encino, California, actor, License to Drive, Stand by Me |
| 1970 | Fabio Casartelli, born in Como, Italy, raced with Ariostea team in 1993, won Olympic gold medal in 1992 Summer Olympics road race |
| 1970 | Phil Graham, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | William Van Landingham, born in Columbia, Tennessee, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants |
| 1969 | Rain Pryor, actress, Head of the Class, daughter of Richard |
| 1968 | Ariel Solomon, NFL center/guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1968 | Barry Sanders, NFL running back, Detroit Lions, 1988 Heisman Trophy |
| 1968 | Eric Jonassen, WLAF tackle for the Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1967 | Roger Duffy, NFL guard/center for the New York Jets |
| 1967 | Will Ferrell, born in Irvine, California, actor, writer, cast member, 'Saturday Night Live', starred in films, 'Elf', 'Archorman', 'Talladega Nights', 'Blades of Glory' |
| 1966 | Bonnie Bright, born in Redondo Beach, California, WPVA volleyballer, Hermosa-17th- |
| 1966 | Chip Lohmiller, NFL kicker for the New Orleans Saints |
| 1966 | Jyrki Lumme, born in Tampere, Finland, NHL defenseman, Canucks, Finland |
| 1966 | Warren Sallenback, South Surrey BC, cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1965 | Charles Smith, NBA forward for the San Antonio Spurs |
| 1965 | Claude Lemieux, Buckingham Que, NHL forward, Team Canada, Colorado |
| 1964 | Miguel Indurain, Spanish bicyclist, Tour de France winner 1991-95 |
| 1963 | Mikael Pernfors, Sweden, tennis star |
| 1963 | Phoebe Cates, born in Manhattan, New York, actress, Fast Times at Ridgemount High |
| 1961 | Leila Kenzle, New York, actress, Fran Devanow-Mad About You |
| 1960 | Eus van Someren, pop guitarist, Scene, Blaauw |
| 1960 | Gisela Beyer, born in East Germany, discus thrower, Olympics-4th place-1980 |
| 1960 | Terry Pendleton, born in Los Angeles, California, infielder for the Florida Marlins |
| 1959 | Gary Anderson, NFL kickerk for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1958 | Michael Flatley, born in Chicago, Illinois, Irish choreographer, Lord of Dance |
| 1957 | Alan Donnelly, born in England, politician, Labor Party, leader, European Parliamentary Labor Party, 1998 - 2005, founded, serves, as executive chairman of public affairs company, Sovereign Strategy, represents President of Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, at Grand Prix |
| 1957 | Wlodi Smolarek, soccer player for the FC Utrecht |
| 1956 | Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist, Joy Division-Transmission |
| 1956 | Jerry Doyle, American Actor |
| 1953 | Mickey Rourke, boxer/actor, Wild Orchid, Barfly |
| 1953 | Philece Sampler, San Angelo, Texas, actress, Donna Love-Another World |
| 1953 | Douglas Feith, American Public Servant |
| 1952 | Phillip Carrick, born in Yorkshire, England, cricketer, athlete |
| 1952 | Stewart Copeland, born in Alexandria, Egypt, drummer, Police-Roxanne |
| 1951 | Lorraine Chase, actress/model, Lame Ducks, Love and Bullets |
| 1950 | Camille Saviola, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Nightlife |
| 1950 | Valery Yevgenyevich Maksimenko, Russian colonel/cosmonaut |
| 1949 | Alan "Fitz" Fitzgerald, rock keyboardist/vocalist, Night Ranger |
| 1949 | Cyndy Garvey, born in Detroit, wife of Steve Garvey, talk show host, AM LA |
| 1949 | Ray Major, rock guitarist, British Lions |
| 1948 | Pinchas Zukerman, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, violinist and violist, Leventritt 1967 |
| 1948 | Ruben Blades, salsa singer and actor, Critical Condition, Last Fight |
| 1947 | O[renthal] J[ames] Simpson, SF, NFL running back, Buf Bills, actor |
| 1947 | Roelof P Meyer, South Africa under minister of Law and Order etc |
| 1947 | Tom Boggs, rock drummer, Box Tops |
| 1947 | Alexis Herman, American Public Servant |
| 1945 | Barry Dudleston, cricket umpire |
| 1945 | Diana Warwick, leader, Association of University Teachers |
| 1945 | Jos Stelling, director, Pointsman |
| 1945 | Kellie Everts, born in Kalv, Germany, Miss nude Universe, 1968 |
| 1943 | Jimmy Johnson, NFL coach, Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins |
| 1943 | Stanley Gebler Davies, journalist/drinker |
| 1942 | Desmond Dekker, Dacris, Jamaica, reggae pioneer, Aces-Israelites |
| 1942 | Frank Field, born in Edmonton, London, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Birkhead, served as Minister of Welfare Reform |
| 1942 | Margaret Smith Court, born in Australia, tennis pro, 1970 Grand Slam |
| 1941 | George Young, MP/British minister of housing and planning |
| 1941 | Hans Wiegel, Dutch commissioner of the queen, Frisia |
| 1941 | Jan G H Krajenbrink, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA |
| 1940 | Tony Jackson, born in Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist, Searchers |
| 1939 | Corin Redgrave, born in London, actor, Excalibur, Man For All Seasons |
| 1939 | Marion Pitt, social worker/writer |
| 1939 | Mary Parkinson, British broadcaster |
| 1939 | William Bell, Yarborough, U.S. singer, Tryin' to Love Two |
| 1938 | Anita Brookner, art historian/novelist |
| 1938 | Thorkell Sigurbjornsson, composer |
| 1937 | Richard Bryan, Sen-D Nevada |
| 1936 | Buddy Merrill, born in Torrey, Utah, guitarist, Lawrence Welk Show |
| 1936 | V Subramanya, cricketer, Indian batsman in nine Tests mid-60's |
| 1935 | Tom Rosenthal, publisher/British broadcaster |
| 1934 | Donald M. Payne, born in Newark, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1989 - |
| 1934 | Donald M. Payne, American Politician |
| 1933 | Sollie McElroy, R&B singer, Flamingos-Golden Teardrops |
| 1932 | John Chilton, jazz trumpeter |
| 1932 | Milly Vitale, born in Rome, actress, 7 Little Foys, War and Peace, Juggler |
| 1932 | Oleg Protopopov, born in Russia, olympic pairs skater, Gold 1964, 68 |
| 1932 | [Dick] Richard L Thornburgh, U.S. Attorney General, 1988-93 |
| 1932 | Dick Thornburgh, American Politician |
| 1931 | Caroline Blackwood, writer |
| 1930 | Anne Francis, born in Ossining, New York, actress, Honey West, Forbidden Planet |
| 1930 | John Everett Watts, composer |
| 1930 | Michael Bilirakis, born in Tarpon Springs, Florida, Representative-R-Florida 1983 - 2007 |
| 1929 | Michael Morland, High court judge |
| 1928 | Bella Davidovich, born in Baku, Russia, pianist, Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel |
| 1928 | James Kilfedder, MP, Ulster Popular Unionist |
| 1928 | Ray Thornton, born in Conway, Arkansas, Representative-D-Arkansas 1973 - 1979 and 1991 - 1997 |
| 1928 | Robert Sheckley, American Author |
| 1927 | John Freeland, Legal advisor U.K. foreign office |
| 1927 | John Warr, England, cricket bowler, avg 281, president, MCC |
| 1927 | Shirley Hughes, author/illustrator |
| 1926 | Brian Howard, deputy chairman, Marks and Spencer |
| 1926 | Philip Randle, biochemist |
| 1925 | Phillip Pine, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Set-Up, Under the Ground |
| 1924 | Bess Myerson, born in Bronx, New York, 1st Jewish Miss America, 1945 |
| 1923 | Reginald Prentice, British government minister |
| 1923 | Mari Evans, American Poet |
| 1921 | Bernard Rogers, supreme Allied commander Europe |
| 1921 | Trevor Williams, scientific consultant |
| 1920 | Anwar Hussain, cricketer, four Tests for Pakistan vs. India 1952-53 |
| 1919 | Charles Graham, lord-lt of Cumbria UK |
| 1917 | William Bishop, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actor, Steve-It's a Great Life |
| 1916 | Harold Locke, archdeacon of Loughborough |
| 1915 | Barnard Hughes, Bedford Hills, New York, Tron, Where's Poppa, Best Friends |
| 1915 | Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe, deputy speaker, House of Lords |
| 1915 | Edward Miller, Master, Fitzwilliam College Cambridge |
| 1913 | Hugh Ford, FRS mechanic engineer |
| 1913 | Peter Van Eyck, Steinwehr Germany, actor, Brain, Wages of Fear |
| 1912 | Ray Barr, New York City, pianist, Vincent Lopez Show |
| 1911 | Ginger Rogers, Independence, Missouri, dancer, Gay Divorcee |
| 1911 | Sonny Tufts, Bost, actor, Variety Girl |
| 1910 | Stan McCabe, cricketer, exciting NSW and Australian batsman of 30's |
| 1909 | Geoffrey Bryan Bentley, moral theologian |
| 1909 | John Edward "Teddy" Buckner, trumpeter |
| 1908 | Aruna Asaf Ali, politician |
| 1908 | Maurice Adams, surgeon/British rear admiral |
| 1907 | Barbara Stanwyck, born in Brooklyn, actress, Dynasty II, Big Valley, Thorn Birds |
| 1907 | Orville Redenbacher, popcorn King, Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet |
| 1904 | Goffredo Petrassi, born in Zagarolo, Italy, composer, Beatitudines |
| 1904 | Leo Joseph Suenens, Cardinal, Belgium |
| 1903 | Mary Philbin, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Phantom of the Opera |
| 1901 | Fritz Mahler, composer |
| 1899 | Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female district attorney, NY |
| 1896 | Mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer, Merkteken |
| 1896 | Trygve Halvdan Lie, born in Norway, 1st United Nations secretary general, 1946-52 |
| 1896 | Trygve Lie, Norwegian Politician |
| 1889 | Shoeless Joe Jackson, American Athlete |
| 1888 | Frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope, Nobel 1953 |
| 1888 | Percy Kilbride, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Egg and I, Ma and Pa Kettle |
| 1887 | Joe Jackson, black sox player, Say it aint so, Joe |
| 1882 | Edward Earle, born in Toronto, Ontario, actor, Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight |
| 1882 | Felix Locher, born in Switzerland, actor, Frankenstein's Daughter |
| 1877 | Bela Schick, Hungarian/US children artist, Serum Krankheit |
| 1877 | Ivy Lee, American Writer |
| 1872 | Roald Amundsen, born in Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole |
| 1865 | George A. Birmingham, Reverend James Owen Hannay, novelist |
| 1862 | Ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], U.S. civil rights activist |
| 1862 | Ida B. Wells, American Activist |
| 1860 | Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist |
| 1858 | Eugene Ysaije, born in Belgium, violinist, conductor and composer, Pierill Houiou |
| 1855 | Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer |
| 1848 | Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor and composer, Lexicon of Music |
| 1839 | Philipus J Hoedemaker, Dutch theologist |
| 1834 | Carlo Angeloni, composer |
| 1834 | Peter Leyten, bishop of Breda, 1885-1914 |
| 1829 | Robert Brown Potter, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1823 | James Isham Gilbert, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1822 | Luigi Arditi, violinist and composer |
| 1821 | Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science, Science and Health |
| 1801 | Julius Plucker, German mathematician/physicist, Plucker formulas |
| 1796 | Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, painter |
| 1746 | Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian monk, mathematician, and discoverer, discovers 1st asteroid, Ceres |
| 1728 | Henri Moreau, composer |
| 1725 | Georg Simon Lohlein, composer |
| 1723 | Joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter, Simplicity |
| 1722 | Joseph Wilton, sculptor |
| 1715 | Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France |
| 1704 | John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle |
| 1571 | Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized |
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