| 1984 | Holly Roffey, Englnd, youngest heart transplant |
| 1981 | Naomi Grabow, born in lake Arrowhead, California, pairs skater, & Benjamin Oberman |
| 1976 | R. J. Williams, actor, General Hospital, Full House |
| 1975 | Alexi Komarov, born in Yekaterinburg, Russia, dance skater, & Carr-1995 Pac Champ |
| 1974 | Vincent Spadea, born in Chicago, Illinois, tennis star |
| 1973 | Angeline Putt, Miss Universe-Singapore 1996 |
| 1972 | Adriaan J. Zoetmulder, author/director, Eindhovens Newspaper |
| 1972 | Andrew Kavovit, actor, Paul-As the World Turns |
| 1972 | John Paci, WLAF quarterback for the Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1972 | Tamarie Ivie, born in Ananheim, California, female infielder, Colorado Silver Bullets |
| 1971 | Rick Walters, CFL slot back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 1970 | Brooks Thompson, NBA guard, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic |
| 1970 | Kengy Gardiner, born in Providence, Rhode Island, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-5th-1994 |
| 1970 | Rhona Susan Robertson, Auckland New Zealand, badminton player 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | David Goldsmith, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, actor, Eric-Models Inc |
| 1968 | Carolie DeVonne Howe, born in Chugwater, Wyoming, Miss Wyoming-America 1991 |
| 1968 | Leroy Butler, NFL defensive back, Green Bay Packers - Superbowl 31 |
| 1967 | Christian Bergstrom, born in Sweden, tennis star |
| 1967 | Dale Hurley, Jr., born in Philadelphia, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1966 | David Segui, born in Kansas City, Kansas, infielder for the Montreal Expos |
| 1966 | Kate Rogerson, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, LPGA golfer, 1990 Circle K LPGA Tucson-2nd |
| 1965 | Kathleen Raine, equestrian dressage 1996 Olympics |
| 1964 | Alexandra Curtis, model/daughter of Christine Kaufmann |
| 1964 | Gina Procaccio, born in Drexel Hills, Pennsylvania, 5k runner |
| 1964 | Teresa Edwards, born in Cairo, Georgia, basketball forward, Gold Medals 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1992 Olympics |
| 1963 | Mark Carreon, born in Chicago, Illinois, outfielder for the San Francisco Giants |
| 1963 | Marla Duncan, born in Fairfield, California, Miss Northern California fitness 1990 |
| 1963 | Sandor Wladar, born in Hungary, 200m backstroke swimmer, 1980 Olympics gold |
| 1962 | Anthony Edwards, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, It Takes Two, Dr. Greene-ER |
| 1962 | Brad Wilson, born in Pomona, California, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 9 Pro-Am |
| 1962 | Campbell Scott, born in New York City, actor, Singles, Dying Young, Sheltering Sky |
| 1962 | Craig Muni, Toronto, NHL defenseman, Winnipeg Jets |
| 1961 | Suzi Schott, born in Springfield, Illinois, playmate, August, 1984 |
| 1960 | Atom Egoyan, born in Cairo, Egypt, director, Adjuster, Next of Kin |
| 1959 | Terri Treas, born in Kansas City Kansas, actress, Hannah-7 Brides for 7 Brothers |
| 1957 | Cathy Reynolds, born in Kansas City, Missouri, LPGA golfer, 1981 Golden Lights |
| 1956 | Great Yatsu, wrestler, NJPW/WCCW/WWF |
| 1956 | Peter Barton, actor, Powers of Matthew Star |
| 1955 | Roger Binny, Indian cricket medium-pace all-rounder, early 80's |
| 1954 | Kathleen Turner, actress, Accidental Tourist, Jewel of Nile |
| 1952 | Alan Collins, rock guitarist, Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| 1952 | Dominic Muldowney, born in Southampton, England, composer, created television, film scores for Loose Connections, King Lear, radio work, theater music, created large-scale oboe concerto, versatile has created music for David Bowie, Royal Academy of Music teacher |
| 1952 | Howard Donald Saunders, born in Danbury, Connecticut, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List |
| 1950 | Simon Cadell, English actor, Hi-Di-Hi, Pride and Extreme Prejudice |
| 1948 | Beverly Archer, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actress, Iola-Mama's Family |
| 1948 | Keith Godchaux, rock keyboardist, Grateful Dead |
| 1947 | Bernie Leadon, born in Minneapolis, guitarist and vocalist, Eagles-Take it Easy |
| 1947 | Brian May, born in London, rock guitarist, Queen-We are the Champions |
| 1947 | Gerard Schwarz, born in Weehawken, New Jersey, trumpeter/conductor, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra |
| 1947 | Mike Dutfield, documentary prodcuer |
| 1946 | Alan Gorrie, Scotland, rock bassist and singer, Average White Band |
| 1946 | Ilie Nastase, born in Bucharest, Romania, tennis player, U.S. Open 1972 |
| 1945 | George Dzunda, born in Rosenheim, Germany, actor, Deer Hunter, Law and Order |
| 1944 | Commander Cody, singer/pianist, Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen |
| 1943 | Roy Dunbard Bridges, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-F, 61-F |
| 1943 | Thomas J. Sargent, American Economist |
| 1942 | Vikki Carr, born in El Paso, Texas, singer, Let it Please be Him |
| 1941 | Jennifer Dunn, born in Seattle, Washington, Representative-R-Washington 1993 - 2005 |
| 1941 | Jerry Huckaby, born in Hodge, Louisiana, Representative-D-Louisiana 1977 - 1993 |
| 1941 | Natalya Bessmertnova, born in Moscow, dancer, Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970 |
| 1941 | Neelie Smit-Kroes, Dutch politician, VVD, minister of Traffic |
| 1940 | Dennis Cole, born in Detroit, actor, Felony Squad, Brackens's World |
| 1938 | Richard Jordan, born in New York City, actor, Dune, Old Boyfriends, Interiors |
| 1938 | Vikki Carr, born in El Paso, Texas, singer, Let it Be Him |
| 1937 | George Hamilton IV, born in North Carolina, actor, Evel Knievel, Love at 1st Bite |
| 1937 | Larry Boxx, founder, Land B Computer Serv |
| 1934 | Willem Nijholt, actor, De Nietsnut, Respect, Op Afbetaling |
| 1932 | Buster Benton, singer/guitarist |
| 1929 | Sofia Muratova, U.S.S.R., gymnast, Olympic-6 gold/3 silv/4 bronze-1952-60 |
| 1928 | John Bratby, painter/writer, Breakdown |
| 1927 | Jan Myrdal, Swedish writer/journalist, Albania Defiant |
| 1926 | Helen Gallagher, born in Brooklyn, actress, Ryan's Hope, Strangers When We Meet |
| 1926 | Max Sordam, Suriname warden/writer, Dictionary Sranantongo |
| 1926 | Sue Thompson, rocker |
| 1924 | Sybren Polet, Sijbe Minnema, Dutch writer/poet, Mannekino |
| 1923 | Pat Hingle, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Baby Boom, Norma Rae, Bloody Mama |
| 1922 | George McGovern, born in Avon, South Dakota, Representative-D-South Dakota 1957 - 1961, Senator-D-South Dakota 1963 - 1981, Democratic President candidate 1972 |
| 1922 | Rachel Robinson, social activist, humanitarian, Mrs. Jackie Robinson |
| 1921 | Rosalyn Yalow, medical physicist |
| 1921 | Rosalyn S. Yalow, American Scientist |
| 1920 | Robert Christiani, cricketer, brother of Cyril WI batsman in 22 Tests |
| 1920 | Robert Mann, born in Portland, Oregon, composer/violinist, String Quartet 1952 |
| 1920 | Anatole Broyard, American Critic |
| 1919 | Patricia Medina, born in Liverpool, England, actress, High-Low |
| 1919 | Robert Pinget, novelist/playwright |
| 1917 | Robert Aitken, born in Philadelphia, Zen co-founder, Diamond Sangha |
| 1917 | William W. Scranton, Gov-R-Pa |
| 1917 | William Scranton, American Politician |
| 1916 | James D. Ramage, U.S. Lieutenant-Admiral, WW II - Palau, Guam, and Philippines |
| 1916 | Phillip Cavaretta, baseball player, NL MVP 1945 |
| 1914 | Josef Palenicek, composer |
| 1907 | Gunter Bialas, composer |
| 1906 | Klaus Egge, Gransherad, Telemark Norway, composer, Noregsonger |
| 1906 | Wim van Doorne, Dutch car manufacturer, DAF |
| 1905 | Boyd Neel, born in London, England, conductor, Story of an Orchestra |
| 1905 | Edgar P. Snow, U.S. author/journalist: Red star over China |
| 1905 | Louis Philip Kentner, composer |
| 1902 | Gerard[us M] Rutten, director, Miraculous Life of Willem Parel |
| 1900 | Arno Breker, German sculptor, 3rd Reich sculptor |
| 1900 | Charles Barnet "Roscoe" Harvey, soldier |
| 1900 | Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer |
| 1899 | Paul de Groot, Dutch communist politician, CPN, Editor, The Truth |
| 1898 | Juan Bautista Plaza-Alfonzo, composer |
| 1896 | Archibald J Cronin, England, author, Citadel, Shining Victory |
| 1894 | Joris [Georges] of Severen, Flemish fascist/Member of parliament |
| 1893 | Vladimir Mayakovsky, Soviet Georgia, poet, Ode to Revolution |
| 1888 | Eugene Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi |
| 1881 | Adriaan J Zoetmulder, Dutch writer/directer, Eindhovens Dagblad |
| 1881 | Friedrich J H Dessauer, German physicist, radiologist |
| 1879 | Hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director, KNMI |
| 1878 | Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-1st-Member of parliament, About Plato |
| 1873 | Louis Zimmermann, violinist and 1st concert master of Concert building |
| 1865 | Charles Horace Mayo, surgeon/co-founder, Mayo Clinic |
| 1863 | Hermann Bahr, Austria writer and director, New Men |
| 1854 | Daniel Josephus Jitta, Dutch High Court lawyer |
| 1849 | F. A. Alphonse Aulard, French historian |
| 1848 | Cornelis A. Pekelharing, artist, fabric seller |
| 1846 | Charles Edward Pickering, pioneered American spectroscopist |
| 1838 | Joel Asaph Allen, U.S. zoologist, Rule of Allen |
| 1834 | Edgar Degas, born in France, impressionist painter, Bouquet |
| 1833 | John Wesley Turner, Major General Union Army |
| 1829 | Victor Cherbuliez, French Novelist |
| 1828 | Roger Atkinson Pryor, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1823 | George Henry Gordon, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1819 | Gottfried Keller, writer |
| 1817 | Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, U.S., army nurse, union |
| 1814 | Samuel Colt, U.S. inventor, Colt 6 shot revolver |
| 1811 | Vincenz Lachner, composer |
| 1797 | Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer |
| 1789 | John Martin, English painter |
| 1782 | Jonathan Blewitt, composer |
| 1750 | Alessio Prati, composer |
| 1742 | Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer |
| 1735 | Garret Wesley Mornington, composer |
| 1592 | Erhard Buttner, composer |
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