| 1979 | Kimberly Whiting, Miss Idaho Teen USA 1997 |
| 1977 | Aki Berg, Turku Fin, NHL defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings |
| 1973 | Nixon A. McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler, ODI 1996 |
| 1973 | Scott Bloom, born in Manhasset, New York, actor, Keys, Stuff |
| 1972 | Brenda Schultz, born in Netherlands, tennis star |
| 1972 | Elizabeth Berkley, born in Michigan, actress, Jessie-Saved by the Bell, Showgirl |
| 1972 | Manley Woods, NFL/WLAF receiver, Seattle Seahawks, Rhein Fire |
| 1972 | Stacy Evans, WLAF defensive end for the Rhein Fire |
| 1971 | Larry Kennedy, WLAF cornerback for the Rhein Fire |
| 1970 | Paul Strang, cricketer, Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner, 1994- |
| 1969 | Corey Raymond, NFL cornerback, Detroit Lions |
| 1969 | Frank Lickliter, born in Middletown, Ohio, Nike golfer, 1993 White Rose-24th |
| 1969 | Garth Snow, born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, U.S. hockey goalie, Olympics-1994, Flyers |
| 1969 | Jaimie Dawson, born in Geneva, Switzerland, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Jarrod Hanks, born in Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. gymnast, Olympic-92, 96 |
| 1969 | Wendi Simmons, Santa Rosa California, heptathlete |
| 1967 | Alex Galtcheniouk, hockey forward, Team Belarus, Olympics-1998 |
| 1967 | Lori Loughlin, born in Queens, actress, Edge of Night, New Kids, Full House |
| 1964 | Bruce Wilkerson, NFL tackle, Jaguars, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 |
| 1964 | Dave Alexander, NFL center for the New York Jets |
| 1963 | Patrizia Pellegrino, born in Naples, Italy, Italy's Miss Teenager 1980 |
| 1962 | Rachel Sweet, born in Akron, Ohio, singer, songwriter, actress, writer, recorded theme song for Nickelodeon series, Clarissa Explains It All, appeared as George Costanza's cousin, in Seinfeld, television episode, 'The Contest', released Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet, 1992 |
| 1961 | David Huff, born in America, David Lyndon Huff, drummer, songwriter, producer, session musician, founder, Giant, 1980's hard rock band, member of White Heart, a Christian rock band |
| 1961 | Scott E Parazynski, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, MD/astronaut, STS-66, 86, sk:95 |
| 1958 | Terry Fox, Canadain one-legged marathoner, 1980 Marathon of Hope |
| 1954 | Steve Morse, born in Hamilton, Ohio, rocker, guitarist, founder of the Dixie Dregs, guitar player in Deep Purple |
| 1954 | Hugo Chavez, born in Sabaneta, Venezuela, politician, United Socialist Party, Fifth Republic Movement, President of Venezuela |
| 1953 | Steve Duncan, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited |
| 1952 | Monique Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince/Heir Apparent to Thailand throne |
| 1952 | Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress, Turkish Fruit |
| 1951 | Greg Gluffria, born in Washington D.C., rock keyboardist, House of Lords-Sahara |
| 1951 | Anthony A. Williams, American Politician |
| 1949 | Marilyn Quayle, wife of vice president Dan Quayle, 1989-93 |
| 1949 | Simon Kirke, rock drummer, Bad Company |
| 1949 | Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, T-Rex |
| 1949 | Vida Blue, major-league pitcher, Cy Young and AL MVP 1971 |
| 1948 | Georgia Engel, born in Washington D.C., actress, Georgette-Mary Tyler Moore Show |
| 1948 | Sergei Bodrov, born in Khabarovsk, Russia, director, Katala, Somebody to Love |
| 1948 | Sally Struthers, American Actress |
| 1947 | Alexei Sergeyevich Borodai, Russian colonel/cosmonaut |
| 1947 | Barbara Ann Ferrell Edmondson, born in Mississippi, 4x100m runner, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1947 | Elena Novikova-Belova, U.S.S.R., foils, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1947 | Miguelina Cobian, born in Santiago, Cuba, 4x100m runner, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1947 | Sally Struther, born in Portland, Oregon, actress, Gloria-All in the Family |
| 1946 | Douglas H. Bosco, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-D-California 1983 - 1991 |
| 1946 | Jonathan Edwards, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, folk singer, songwriter, musician, folk singer, known for hits 'Sunshine' and 'Shanty' |
| 1946 | Linda Kelsey, born in Minneapolis, actress, Billie-Lou Grant, Kate-Day by Day |
| 1945 | Jim Davis, cartoonist, Garfield |
| 1945 | Richard William Wright, rock guitarist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall |
| 1945 | Rick Wright, keyboardist of Pink Floyd |
| 1944 | Daniel Morelon, born in France, 1K speed skater, Gold Medals 1968, 1972 Olympics |
| 1943 | Lawrence Elkins, football player Florida for the Houston Oilers |
| 1943 | Mike Bloomfield, born in Chicago, Illinois, musician, guitarist, composer, number 22 on Rolling Stone's '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time' |
| 1943 | Bill Bradley, American Politician |
| 1941 | Riccardo Muti, born in Napoli, Italy, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra |
| 1940 | Phil Proctor, comedian, Firesign Theater |
| 1938 | Alberto Fujimoro, president of Peru, 1990- |
| 1938 | George Cummings, rocker, Dr. Hook and Medicine Show |
| 1938 | Robert Hughes, born in Australia, writer/critic, Barcelona |
| 1938 | Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian Statesman |
| 1937 | Peter Duchin, born in New York City, pianist/bandleader, Peter Duchin Orchestra |
| 1934 | Jacques d'Amboise, born in Dedham, Massachusetts, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet Company |
| 1934 | Norman D. Shumway, born in Phoenix, Arizona, Representative-R-California 1979- |
| 1931 | Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm chinaman bowler, 60's |
| 1930 | Darryl Hickman, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Human Comedy, Tea and Sympathy |
| 1929 | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, New York, 1st lady, 1961-63 |
| 1929 | Remco [Wouter] Campert, Dutch literary/poet/son of Jan Campert |
| 1929 | Jackie Kennedy, First Lady |
| 1925 | Bruce Matthews, newspaper executive |
| 1925 | Kenneth M Stewart, euro MP for Merseyside West |
| 1925 | Larry Pruden, composer |
| 1925 | Andre Boucourechliev, French Composer |
| 1924 | Fred Fisher, cricketer, one Test for New Zealand vs. SA 1953 |
| 1924 | Peter James Frederick Green, CEO Lloyd's of London |
| 1923 | Kent L Lee, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II - Marianas and Palau |
| 1923 | Mary Jane Odell, Iowa, Secretary of State |
| 1923 | Michio Watanabe, politician |
| 1922 | Jacques Piccard, born in Switzerland, undersea explorer, bathyscaph Trieste |
| 1916 | David Brown, born in New York City, director, Jaws, Planet of the Apes |
| 1916 | Laird Cregar, born in Philadelphia, actor, Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square |
| 1915 | Richard Kerry, American Diplomat |
| 1912 | Eleazar de Carvalho, born in Iguatu, Brazil, conductor/tuba, Tiradentes |
| 1911 | Ann Doran, born in Amarillo, Texas, actress, Longstreet, Shirley |
| 1911 | Gerhard Stoeck, born in Germany, javelin thrower 1936 Olympics gold |
| 1910 | Bill Goodwin, born in San Francisco, California, announcer, Jolson Story, Burns and Allen |
| 1910 | Clive Robertson Caldwell, British fighter pilot |
| 1909 | Malcolm Lowry, English novelist, Under the Volcano |
| 1908 | Zbigniew Turski, composer |
| 1907 | Earl S Tupper, inventor, Tupperware |
| 1907 | Vivian Vance, born in Cherryvale, Kansas, actress, Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy |
| 1906 | Gottlob Frick, born in Germany, singer, bass, performed opera including roles by Wagner and Mozart, best known recording is Osmin, in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Rocco in Fidelio, Sarastro in The Magic Flute |
| 1905 | Charles William Hutton, architect |
| 1904 | Selwyn Lloyd, British statsman |
| 1903 | Catherine Dale Owen, actress, Behind Office Doors, Louisville, Kentucky |
| 1902 | Karl Raimund Popper, Austrian/British philosopher, Logic of Forschung |
| 1902 | Kenneth F Fearing, U.S., poet, Dead Reckoning |
| 1902 | Karl Popper, Austrian Philosopher |
| 1902 | Harry Bridges, American Activist |
| 1901 | Rudy Vallee, Vt, singer, Vagabond Dreams, My Time Is Your Time |
| 1901 | Sandor Vandor, composer |
| 1900 | Maurice Johnstone, composer |
| 1897 | Emmy Arbous, Emilia J Henke, Dutch actress, Little Rascal |
| 1893 | Rued Immanuel Langgaard, composer |
| 1892 | Joe E Brown, born in Holgate, Ohio, comedian, Buck Circus Hour |
| 1892 | Petro Petridis, Greek composer, Isotope Suite |
| 1891 | Ron Oxenham, cricketer, Australian all-rounder 1928-32 |
| 1890 | Marie Lohr, born in Sydney, Australia, actress, Pygmalion, Small Hotel |
| 1887 | Marcel Duchamp, French painter, Nude Descending a Staircase |
| 1881 | John Gresham Machen, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Presbyterian theologian, professor, New Testament, Princeton Seminary, formed Orthodox Presbyterian Church |
| 1874 | Ernst Cassirer, Germany, philosopher/educator, Essay on Man |
| 1874 | Alice Duer Miller, American Poet |
| 1872 | Albert P Sarraut, French Governor-General of Indo-China, 1911..19, PM, 1933/36 |
| 1870 | Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium, 1927-31 |
| 1868 | George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor |
| 1868 | Thomas P Krag, Norwegian writer, Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran |
| 1866 | Beatrix Potter, born in England, children's author, Tale of Peter Rabbit |
| 1859 | Balington Booth, founder, Volunteers of America |
| 1844 | Gerard Manley Hopkins, England, poet, Windhover |
| 1837 | Christian Barnekow, composer |
| 1835 | Jose Garcia Robles, composer |
| 1825 | William Duncan Smith, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1813 | Alberto Mazzucato, composer |
| 1809 | Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, astronomer/Major General Union volunteers |
| 1809 | John Stuart Blackie, Scottish Writer |
| 1808 | Charles Lucas, composer |
| 1804 | Ludwig A. Feuerbach, German philosopher, Man is what he eats |
| 1778 | Charles Stewart, Rear Admiral Union Navy |
| 1746 | Thomas Heyward, soldier, signed Declaration of Independence |
| 1745 | Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor, St. Petersburg |
| 1609 | Judith J Leyster, Dutch house painter, baptised |
| 1514 | Maximilian of Burgundy, viceroy of Holland |
| 1456 | Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet, Arcadia |
| 1165 | Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic/philosopher |
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