| 1986 | Ashley Olsen, twin actress, Michelle-Full House |
| 1986 | Mary Kate Olsen, twin actress, Michelle-Full House |
| 1986 | Mary-Kate Olsen, American Actress |
| 1978 | Allison Dickey, Miss Iowa Teen USA 1996 |
| 1977 | Alexei Kariozhny, NHL forward, Team Belarus, 1998 Olympics |
| 1975 | Dave Roche, Lindsay, NHL left wing for the Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1974 | Elli Overton, born in Canada, Australian swimmer, Olympics-5th-92, 96 |
| 1974 | Harvey Esajas, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord |
| 1974 | Valeri Bure, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing, Montreal Canadiens, Silver Meda 1998 Olympics |
| 1974 | Brande Roderick, American Model |
| 1973 | Ines Gorrochategui, born in Cordoba, Argentina, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Brindisi |
| 1973 | Kano Hills, tackle for the New Orleans Saints |
| 1973 | Sam Adams, NFL defensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1972 | Sale Isaia, OL for the Baltimore Ravens |
| 1971 | David Mendenhall, actor, Over the Top, Space Raiders, Witchfire |
| 1971 | Lauri Marie Gapp, Miss USA-North Dakota 1997 |
| 1970 | Chris Cairns, cricketer, son of Lance, New Zealand all-rounder |
| 1970 | Lance Ringnald, born in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. gymnast 1992 Olympics |
| 1970 | Shaun Young, cricketer, Tasmanian all-rounder, Young Australia 1995 |
| 1969 | Robert Harris, NFL defensive end for the New York Giants |
| 1968 | Bruce Beaton, CFL corner, Montreal Alouettes |
| 1968 | Deniece Peterson, rocker, 5 Star-Silk and Steel |
| 1967 | Darren Baker, born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1966 | Thyme Lewis, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Jonah-Days of our Lives |
| 1965 | Maninder Singh, cricketer, Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93 |
| 1964 | Jennifer Gillom, WNBA center and forward, Phoenix Mercury, Gold Medal 1988 Olympics |
| 1964 | Sarunas Marciulionis, NBA guard for the Sacramento Kings |
| 1964 | Laura Kightlinger, American Comedian |
| 1963 | Bettina Bunge, born in Switzerland, tennis player, Virginia Slims of California 1983 |
| 1963 | Catarina Lindqvist, born in Sweden, tennis player, Swedish Open 1986 |
| 1963 | Edward Sturing, soccer player, Vitesse |
| 1963 | Jeff Brehaut, born in Mountain View, California, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Alabama-3rd |
| 1963 | Josef Heiss, Garmisch GER, hockey goaltender, Team Germany 1998 |
| 1963 | Randy Gilhen, born in Zweibrucken, Germany, NHL center, Winnipeg Jets |
| 1962 | Hannah Storm, sports journalist, CNN, NBC |
| 1962 | Karen Kurreck, Urbana, Illinois, cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1962 | Mark Frankel, actor, Leon the Pig Farmer |
| 1955 | Alan Hansen, born in Sauchie, Scotland, professional football player, television pundit, played for Liverpool, Scottish national team, and Patrick Thistle |
| 1954 | Bo [Robert] Donaldson, rock vocalist, Billy Don't Be a Hero |
| 1954 | Daniel Seemiller, Pitts, U.S. Olympic table tennis player 1992 Olympics |
| 1953 | Bo Donaldson, Billy Don't Be a Hero |
| 1953 | Tim Allen, born in Denver, Colorado, comedian, Tim-Home Improvement, Jungle2Jungle |
| 1951 | Jonathan Hogan, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, House on Carroll St |
| 1951 | Liz Phillips, born in New Jersey, composer, sound artist, interactive artist, creates sound installations relating to live forms, has held exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, collaborated with Merce Cunningham Dance Company |
| 1951 | Richard Thomas, born in New York City, John Boy-Waltons, Last Summer, Johnny Belinda |
| 1951 | Stellan Skarsgard, Swedish actor, Breaking the Waves |
| 1951 | Jorge Santana, born in Autlan, Jalisco, Mexico, musician, member of band Malo, recorded with Malo members to produce solo albums Jorge Santana, It's All About Love, plays green Frender Stratocaster guitar, recorded Santana Brothers album with brother, Carlos Santana, 1994 |
| 1949 | Dennis Locorriere, Union City, New Jersey, rock guitarist, Dr. Hook |
| 1949 | Simon Callow, born in London, England, actor, Good Father |
| 1948 | Joe Roth, American Director |
| 1947 | Daniel P. A. "Danie" Schutte, South African underminister of Justice |
| 1947 | Jerrold Nadler, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-New York 1992 - |
| 1945 | Ronald J Grabe, New York City, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-51-J, 30, 42, 57 |
| 1945 | Whitley Strieber, American Writer |
| 1944 | Joe Amato, NHRA top fuel drag racing champion 1991 |
| 1943 | Edward Skorek, Poland, volleyball player 1976 Olympics gold |
| 1943 | Malcolm McDowell, born in Leeds, England, actor, Clockwork Orange, Caligula |
| 1942 | James Carr, U.S., gospel singer, To Love Somebody |
| 1941 | Robert Forester, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Banyon, Nakia |
| 1941 | Tom Hallick, born in Buffalo, New York, actor, Search |
| 1940 | Bobby Freeman, rocker, Do You Want to Dance |
| 1939 | Don "Sugarcane" Harris, rocker/actor, Soup for 1, Greeased Lightning |
| 1938 | Carole Jo Callison, LPGA golfer |
| 1938 | Gwynne Howell, British opera singer |
| 1938 | Peter Michael, English electronic manufacturer, UEI, Paintbox |
| 1937 | Eleanor Holmes Norton, born in Washington D.C., lawyer, Representative-D-District of Columbia |
| 1935 | Aleksandr Alekseyevich Kiselyov, Russia, cosmonaut |
| 1935 | Christo [Javacheff], Bulgaria, artist, wrapper, Running Fence |
| 1935 | Christo, Bulgarian Artist |
| 1931 | Lachlan Macleay, USAF/pilot |
| 1928 | Jean Villain, writer |
| 1928 | John Forbes Nash, American Mathematician |
| 1926 | Geoffrey Finsberg, politician |
| 1926 | Paul Lynde, Mount Vernon, Ohio, comedian, Uncle Arthur-Bewitched |
| 1925 | Hans Fellner, bookseller |
| 1924 | Percy Rodrigues, born in Montreal, Quebec, actor, Brainwaves |
| 1920 | Eiji Okada, actor, Traffic Jam, Yakuza, Ugly American |
| 1920 | Knut Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player 1948 Olympics gold |
| 1918 | Ben Johnson, born in Foraker, Oklahoma, actor, Chisum, Battle Force, Dillinger |
| 1916 | Mary Wickes, character actress, Sister Act |
| 1915 | J. Donald Budge, U.S. tennis player, 1st to hold world's 4 major titles |
| 1913 | Ralph Edwards, born in Merino, Colorado, TV host, This is Your Life |
| 1912 | Mary Wickes, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Dennis the Menace, Julia, Doc |
| 1911 | Albert Cleage, famous African |
| 1911 | Aly Khan, Italian Public Servant |
| 1910 | Mary Whitehouse, British Activist |
| 1905 | Doc Cheatham, jazz musician |
| 1905 | Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, cricketer, England 1929-31 |
| 1903 | Harold "Red" Grange, "Galloping Ghost" of football, Illinois Bears |
| 1903 | Philipp Kutev, composer |
| 1903 | Harold Grange, American Athlete |
| 1901 | Lode Zielens, Flemish author/journalist, Obscure Blood |
| 1901 | Tage F Erlander, Swedish premier, 1946-69 |
| 1900 | Ian Hunter, born in Capetown South Africa, actor, Dr. Blood's Coffin, White Unicorn |
| 1899 | Carlos Chavez, born in Mexico City, conductor and composer, Sinfonia India |
| 1898 | Eva J C Beck, actress, Resurrection |
| 1897 | Paavo Nurmi, born in Finland, 5K runner, Gold Medals 1920, 1924, 1928 Olympics |
| 1894 | Jacques-Henri Lartigue, born in France, photographer |
| 1894 | Mark van Doren, born in Illinois, author, Happy Critic, Transients |
| 1893 | Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author |
| 1892 | Basil Rathbone, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, actor, Sherlock Holmes |
| 1891 | Nell Craig, born in New Jersey, actress, Calling Dr. Kildare, Queen of Sheba |
| 1888 | Fernando A Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa, Portuguese poet |
| 1888 | Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese Author |
| 1881 | Lois Weber, 1st U.S. woman film director, What Do Men Want? |
| 1879 | George Gunn, cricketer, elegant English batsman 1907-30 |
| 1879 | Johannes G. Geelkerken, Dutch reformed vicar |
| 1875 | Max d' Ollone, composer |
| 1875 | Ma Ferguson, American Politician |
| 1874 | Leopoldo Lugones, Argentina, writer |
| 1869 | Ede Poldini, composer |
| 1866 | Lambertus Zijl, sculptor, Trade scholarship |
| 1865 | William Butler Yeats, born in Ireland, poet, Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923 |
| 1864 | Johan R. Kjellen, Swedish sociologist |
| 1863 | Josef Venantius von Woss, composer |
| 1854 | Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor, steam turbine |
| 1831 | James Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist, electromagnetic theory |
| 1831 | James C. Maxwell, Scottish Mathematician |
| 1829 | Antonio Zamara, composer |
| 1825 | Benjamin Jefferson Hill, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1824 | Julius Eichberg, composer |
| 1823 | Gustave Paul Cluseret, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1821 | Albert, duc de Broglie, France, premier, 1873-74, 1977 |
| 1821 | Navy Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant Secretary, Union |
| 1820 | WF Hendrik, the Navigator, prince of the Netherlands/admiral |
| 1809 | George Philip St. Cooke, Major General Union Army |
| 1806 | Bernard ter Haar, Dutch vicar/poet/church historian |
| 1795 | Thomas Arnold, English educator/historian, History of Rome |
| 1790 | Jose Antonio Paez, president of Venezuela |
| 1786 | Winfield Scott, army general, Union, presidential candidate |
| 1775 | Antoni Henryk Radziwill, composer |
| 1773 | Thomas Young, British philologist/physician, light interference |
| 1765 | Anton Eberl, composer |
| 1763 | Jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil |
| 1761 | Anton Wranitzky, composer |
| 1757 | Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer |
| 1752 | Fanny Burney, England, author, Camille, Evelina |
| 1736 | Henryk Klein, composer |
| 1701 | Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer |
| 1627 | Fidel Molitor, composer |
| 1612 | Karel van Croij, prince of Chimay/Duke of Aarschot |
| 1592 | Tobias Michael, composer |
| 1539 | Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist/illustrator |
| 823 | Charles II, the Bald, King of France, 843-77, emperor, 875-77 |
| 40 | Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general; conquered Wales, No England |
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