| 1993 | Alice Ann Newman, daughter of Gretchen and Randy |
| 1976 | Frank van Twillert, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles |
| 1975 | Asa Carlsson, born in Vasteras, Sweden, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Stockholm |
| 1975 | Maria Sinigerova, Miss Universe-Bulgaria 1996 |
| 1973 | Shannon Myers, CFL receiver for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1972 | Shawnelle Scott, NBA center for the Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1971 | Andre President, tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1971 | Christopher Gomez, born in Los Angeles, California, infielder for the San Diego Padres |
| 1971 | Tupac Shakur, born in Brooklyn, New York, rap star/actor, Juice, Bullet, killed in 1996 |
| 1970 | Michael Husted, NFL place kicker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1970 | Phil A. Mickelson, born in San Diego, California, PGA golfer, 1991 Northern Telecom |
| 1970 | Cobi Jones, American Athlete |
| 1969 | Kevin Young, born in Alpena, Michigan, infielder for the Kansas City Royals |
| 1969 | L B Stephens, NFLer for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1968 | Alton Montgomery, NFL safety for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1968 | Matt Turk, NFL punter for the Washington Redskins |
| 1968 | Nehemiah Perry, cricketer, fine Jamaican off-spinner |
| 1968 | Patrick Stuart, Hollywood Cal, actor, Will Cortlandt-All My Children |
| 1966 | Jan Zelezny, Czechoslovakia, javelin thrower, Olympics-2 gold-92, 96 |
| 1966 | Randy Barnes, Charleston, West Virginia, shot putter, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics, Silver Medal 1988 Olympics |
| 1965 | J J Birden, NFL wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1965 | Johannes Harisch, WLAF defensive end for the Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1963 | Mohsin Kamal, cricketer, Pakistani fast bowler 1984- |
| 1961 | Robbie Kerr, cricketer, Queensland opener 2 Tests for Australia 1985 |
| 1957 | Adri van Tiggelen, Dutch soccer star, Sparta/PSV |
| 1957 | Ian Buchanan, Scotland, actor, General Hospital, Gary Shandling Show |
| 1955 | Laurie Metcalf, Carbonville Illinois, actress, Jackie-Roseanne |
| 1955 | Simon Bailey, born in Halifax, England, Reverend Simon Bailey, priest, Anglican, Labor Party member, socialist historian associates include Dorothy Thompson, J.B. Priestly, E.P Thompson |
| 1955 | Anatoly Chubais, Russian Politician |
| 1954 | Gary Roberts, rocker, Boomtown Rats |
| 1954 | Jeffrey S. Ashby, born in Dallas, Texas, astronaut, sk: STS-85 |
| 1953 | Ian Mosley, born in Paddington, London, drummer, Marillion-Clutching at Straws |
| 1952 | Aleksandr Zaitsev, U.S.S.R., pairs figure skating, Gold Medals 1976, 1980 Olympics |
| 1952 | Gino Vanelli, born in Montreal, Quebec, singer, Living Inside Myself |
| 1952 | Rob Kloet, pop drummer/singer, Nits-In the Dutch Mountains |
| 1951 | John Salthouse, British actor, American Werewolf in London |
| 1951 | Michel Viso, France, cosmonaut |
| 1951 | Roberto Duran, boxer, fists of stone |
| 1951 | Sonia Braga, born in Maringa, Brazil, actress, Dona Flor and Her 2 Husbands |
| 1950 | James Smith, U.S., singer, Stylistics-Can't Give you Anything |
| 1949 | Kale Browne, born in San Rafael, California, actor, Michael Hudson-Another World |
| 1949 | Peppy Castro, born in New York City, rock vocalist, Balance |
| 1946 | John Astor, born in Britain, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, businessman, Conservative Party, House of Lords, Shadow Minister of Defense |
| 1946 | Neil MacGregor, director, British National Gallery |
| 1946 | Simon Williams, U.S., actor, Fiendish plot of dr Fu Manchu |
| 1944 | Joan Barbara Grigor, artist |
| 1944 | Takamiyama, Jesse Kuhaulua, Hawaii, 1st non-Japanese sumo champion |
| 1943 | Joan Van, born in Arkansas, New York City, actress, Valene-Dallas, Knots Landing |
| 1942 | Eddie Levert, born in Canton, Ohio, vocalist, O'Jays-For the Love of Money |
| 1942 | Giacomo Agostini, born in Lovere, Italy, world motorcycle race champion |
| 1942 | John Rostill, born in Kings Norton, England, composer, bass guitarist, member, The Shadows, The Internst, rock and roll, pop genres |
| 1942 | Joan Van Ark, American Actress |
| 1941 | Lamont Dozier, born in Detroit, songwriter, Dozier-Holland-Dozier |
| 1940 | Billy "Crash" Craddock, born in Greensboro, North Carolina, singer |
| 1940 | Hans Dorrestijn, Dutch cabaret performer |
| 1938 | Helen Ryan, actress, Hannah |
| 1938 | James Bolam, actor, Crucible of Terror |
| 1938 | Joyce Carol Oates, born in New York, novelist, Garden of Earthly Delights |
| 1938 | Michael Culver, actor, Devil's Webs |
| 1938 | Mickie Finn, born in Hugo, Oklahoma, TV hostess/banjo player, Mickie Finn's |
| 1937 | August Busch III, CEO, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1937 | Erich Segal, born in Brooklyn, New York, author, Love Story, Oliver's Story |
| 1936 | August Willemsen, Dutch poet/translator |
| 1936 | Fred Oster, Dutch TV host |
| 1935 | Jim Dine, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, pop artist, St. John the Divine |
| 1934 | Eileen Atkins, born in London, England, actress, Equus, Devil Within Her |
| 1934 | Janet Pilgrim, playmate, July 1955, Dec 1955, Oct 1956 |
| 1934 | Little Caesar, vocalist, Little Caesar and the Romans |
| 1934 | Lord Patrick Beresforord, blood-stock agent |
| 1934 | Lucia Dlugoszewski, composer |
| 1932 | David Keylsey, actor and director |
| 1932 | Ralph Robins, CEO, Rolls-Royce |
| 1931 | Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader |
| 1931 | Ivo Petric, composer, classical music, toured with Slavko Osterc ensemble, Artistic Director, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra 1979 - 1995 |
| 1931 | Robert Freeman Smith, born in Portland, Oregon, Representative-R-Oregon 1983 - 1995 and 1997 - 1999 |
| 1931 | John Shelby Spong, American Clergyman |
| 1930 | David Konstant, bishop, Leeds |
| 1929 | James Kirtland Randall, composer |
| 1928 | Harold Hanham, vice chancellor, Lancaster University |
| 1928 | Sergiu Comissiona, born in Buch, Romania, conductor, Haifa Symph 1959-64 |
| 1928 | Jerome Cavanagh, American Politician |
| 1927 | Robert Matthews, master, Clare College Cambridge England |
| 1927 | Thomas W. "Tom" Graveney, English cricket batsman, 50's and 60's |
| 1925 | Faith Domergue, born in New Orleans, actress, House of 7 Corpses |
| 1925 | Richard Jacobs, philanthropist/sports owner, Cleveland Indians |
| 1924 | Sayed Idries Shah, thinker |
| 1924 | Idries Shah, Indian Author |
| 1923 | Ake Hermanson, composer |
| 1923 | Henryk Czyz, born in Grudziadz, Poland, composer, wrote contemporary music, performed in Europe, America and South America |
| 1921 | Lord Perry of Walton, SDP/vice chancellor, Open University England |
| 1920 | John Howard Griffin, U.S., photographer/author, Black Like Me |
| 1919 | Lord Aberdare, committee chairman, House of Lords |
| 1917 | Katharine Graham, born in New York City, newspaper publisher, Washington Post |
| 1917 | Katherine Graham, American Publisher |
| 1917 | Irving Penn, American Photographer |
| 1916 | Francis Lopez, composer |
| 1916 | Hank Luisetti, NBA forward, 1st to use a one-handed shot |
| 1915 | Joseph Kagan, businessman |
| 1915 | Mariano Rumor, premier Italy |
| 1915 | John Tukey, American Scientist |
| 1914 | Stewart Cathie "Billy" Griffith, cricketer, 140 for England, 1948 |
| 1914 | Stewart Griffith, secretary, MCC |
| 1912 | Enoch Powell, England, MP, C, Greek professor |
| 1911 | Georg Meistermann, born in German, glass, painter, Raumplanen |
| 1910 | E. G. Marshall, born in Owatonna, Minnesota, actor, Lawrence-Defenders, Caine Mutiny |
| 1910 | Ilona Massey, born in Budapest, Hungary, actress and singer, Ilona Massey Show |
| 1910 | Lord Richardson, president, General Medical Council |
| 1910 | Richard Maling Barrer, chemist |
| 1909 | Willi Boskovsky, born in Austria, conductor, new years concert |
| 1907 | Jack Albertson, born in Malden, Massachusetts, actor, Thin Man, Chico and the Man |
| 1907 | John Hadfield, author/publisher, Love on a Branch Line |
| 1906 | Alan Fairfax, cricketer, Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's |
| 1904 | Gerard Holt, Dutch architect |
| 1903 | Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer |
| 1902 | Barbara McClintock, U.S., cytogeneticist, Jumping Genes, Nobel 1983 |
| 1902 | Kornelis Posthumus, Dutch chemist |
| 1902 | George Gaylord Simpson, American Scientist |
| 1901 | Arthur Pierson, born in Oslo, Norway, actor and director, Hat Check Girl |
| 1901 | Conrad Beck, born in Lohn, Switzerland, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, composed concertos, symphonies, oratorio, elegy, instrumental, vocal music, and one ballet |
| 1900 | Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname, PVDA, 1955-62 |
| 1899 | Helen Traubel, born in St. Louis, Missouri, soprano, Sieglinde in Walkure, Nightclubs |
| 1899 | Nelson Doubleday, U.S., publisher, Doubleday |
| 1896 | Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer, Peugeot |
| 1896 | William Fitzgerald Jenkins, author, Time Tunnel, Land of Giants |
| 1895 | Stan Laurel, comedian, Laurel and Hardy |
| 1894 | Norman Kerry, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Phantom of the Opera |
| 1892 | Lupino Lane, born in London, England, actress, Love Parade |
| 1890 | Stan Laurel, born in England, comedian, Laurel and Hardy |
| 1888 | Bobby Clark, vaudevillan, World's funniest circus clown |
| 1879 | Fritz Schulz, German law historian, Classical Novel Law |
| 1879 | Theo[dorus J] Thijssen, Dutch writer, Kees the boy |
| 1874 | Arthur Meighen, C, 9th Prime Minister of Canada, 1920 - 1921, 1926 |
| 1863 | Paul Antonin Vidal, composer |
| 1861 | Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian |
| 1858 | Eugene Ysaye, composer |
| 1858 | Gustav V, king of Sweden, 1907-50 |
| 1853 | Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer |
| 1843 | David Popper, composer |
| 1843 | Jan Malat, born in Stary Bydzov, Czechoslovakia, composer, teacher |
| 1837 | Eli Long, Major General Union Army |
| 1834 | Wesley Merritt, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1804 | Alvin Adams, American Businessman |
| 1752 | Meingosus Gaelle, composer |
| 1637 | Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer |
| 1633 | Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer |
| 1583 | Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent |
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