| 1983 | Lee Ryan, British Musician |
| 1980 | Andee Pickens, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, gymnast alternate for 1996 Olympics |
| 1980 | Brittney McConn, born in Largo, Florida, figure skater, 1997 Eastern Sr champ |
| 1980 | Venus Williams, born in Lynwood, California, tennis star |
| 1979 | Cawey Schau, born in Seattle, Washington canoist alternate for 1996 Olympics |
| 1978 | Jenny Keim, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, diver, Olympics-9th-96 |
| 1977 | Andrea Deak, Miss Universe-Hungary 1996 |
| 1977 | Bernardo Federico Tomas, Prince of Netherlands |
| 1977 | Jason Miller, born in Silver Springs, Maryland, actor, New Mickey Mouse Club |
| 1975 | Frederick Koehler, born in Queens, New York, actor, Chip-Kate and Allie |
| 1975 | Petra Vaarakallio, ice hockey center, Finland, 1998 Olympics |
| 1975 | Joshua Leonard, American Actor |
| 1972 | Dirk-Jan Derksen, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC |
| 1972 | James McKnight, NFL wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1971 | Tripp Schwenk, U.S., 100m/200m backstroke, 1996 Olympics silver |
| 1970 | Arnold Ale, WLAF linebacker for the Scottish Claymores |
| 1970 | Jason Hanson, NFL kicker, Detroit Lions |
| 1970 | Popeye Jones, NBA center for the Toronto Raptors |
| 1970 | Ron "Popeye" Jones, NBA forward, Dallas Mavericks |
| 1970 | Stephane Fiset, Montreal, NHL goalie for the Colorado Avalanche |
| 1969 | Karen Nystrom, ice hockey forward, Canada, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics |
| 1969 | Kevin Thornton, born in Amarillo, vocalist, Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up |
| 1969 | Patric Kjellberg, hockey forward, Team Sweden Olympics-1998 |
| 1967 | Keith Sims, NFL guard for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1967 | Robyn Meagher, born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 5k runner 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Terry Davis, NBA forward and center, Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards |
| 1966 | Clare Look-Jaeger, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, high jumper |
| 1966 | Fred Barnett, NFL wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1965 | Dan Jansen, born in West Allis, Wisconsin, speed skater, Gold Medal 1994 Olympics |
| 1965 | Danny McManus, CFL quarterback for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1965 | Dermontti Dawson, NFL center for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1965 | Gianluca Pozzi, born in Bari, Italy, tennis star, 1991 Brisbane |
| 1965 | Kami Cotler, born in Long Beach, California, actress, Elizabeth-Waltons |
| 1965 | Mike Magnante, born in Glendale California, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals |
| 1965 | Ray Seals, NFL defensive end, Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers |
| 1964 | Diane Murphy, actress, Tabitha Stevens-Bewitched |
| 1964 | Erin Murphy, actress, Tabitha Stevens-Bewitched |
| 1964 | Michael Gross, born in West Germany, swimmer, Olympic-2 world records-1984 |
| 1964 | Steve Rhodes, cricketer, England wicket-keeper 1994-95 |
| 1963 | Greg Kinnear, actor/talk show host, Talk Soup, Sabrina, Later |
| 1963 | Kevin Glover, NFL center, Detroit Lions |
| 1962 | Ed Brady, NFL linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1960 | Mitzi Edge, born in Albany, Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1995 SAFECO Classic |
| 1958 | Dan McVicar, born in Independence, Missouri, actor, Clarke-Bold and Beautiful |
| 1958 | Jello Biafra, born in Boulder, Colorado, born Eric Reed Boucher, musician, politician, anarchist, leading figure of the Green Party, wrote music for 'Dead Kennedy's' |
| 1958 | Bobby Farrelly, American Director |
| 1957 | Philip Chevron, English pop musician, Pogues-Peace and Love |
| 1956 | Nick Cook, cricketer, England lefty slow bowler in 15 Tests 1983-89 |
| 1954 | Mark Linn-Baker, born in St. Louis, actor, Larry Appleton-Perfect Strangers |
| 1951 | Joe Piscopo, born in Passaic, New Jersey, comedian, SNL, Miller Lite commercials |
| 1950 | Cathy Sherk, born in Bancroft, Ontario, professional golfer, achieved No. 1 World ranking by Golf Digest, 1978, earned silver medal with Canadian team at 1978 World Amateur Golf Team Championships, joined LPGA tour, inducted into Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, 1995 |
| 1949 | Helen Rosenthal, British teacher/health administrator |
| 1948 | David Concepcion, born in Venezuela, all star shortstop, Cincinnati Reds |
| 1948 | Ruben Blades, born in Panama, singer and actor, Fatal Beauty, Critical Condition |
| 1948 | Joaquin Almunia, Spanish Politician |
| 1947 | Linda Chavez, American Author |
| 1946 | Barry Manilow, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer/pianist, Mandy, I Write the Songs |
| 1946 | Marcy Kaptur, born in Toledo, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio 1983 - |
| 1945 | Eddy Merckx, Belgium, cyclist, 5 time winner of Tour de France |
| 1945 | Ken Livingstone, MP, Labour |
| 1945 | Tony Roche, born in Tarcutta, Australia, professional tennis player, coach, upset Adriano Panatta to win the Davis Cup, 1977 |
| 1945 | Art Bell, American Entertainer |
| 1945 | Tommy Franks, American Soldier |
| 1945 | Kenneth Robert Livingstone, British Politician |
| 1945 | Mercer Reynolds, American Businessman |
| 1944 | Bill Rafferty, comedian, Real People, Laugh-in '77 |
| 1944 | Chris Spedding, born in Staveley, Derbyshire, England, born Peter Robinson, rocker, jazz guitarist, rock and roll, considered the most versatile session guitarist in the U.K. |
| 1943 | Christopher Brown, composer |
| 1943 | Newt Gingrich, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Georgia 1979 - 1999, Speaker of House 1995 - 1997 |
| 1943 | Burt Rutan, born in Estacada, Oregon, Elbert Leander Burt Rutan, inventor, aerospace engineer, created the Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, and SpaceShipOne, which entered space two times in fourteen days |
| 1942 | Norman Kuhlice, England, rocker, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good |
| 1942 | Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian Scientist |
| 1940 | Bobby Bell, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1940 | Tony Marlow, MP, Conservative |
| 1939 | Dickey Do, Gerry Granahan, rocker, Dickey Doo and The Dont's |
| 1939 | Donald Anderson, MP, Labour |
| 1938 | Judy Kimball-Simon, LPGA golfer |
| 1937 | Peter Lupus, actor, Mission Impossible |
| 1933 | Christian Ferras, French violinist and conductor |
| 1933 | Harry Browne, American Writer |
| 1933 | Rod Paige, American Politician |
| 1932 | Derek Ibbotson, 5K runner, Olympic-bronze-1956 |
| 1932 | John P. Murtha, born in New Martinsville, West Virginia, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1974 - |
| 1930 | Brian Statham, born in Gorton, England, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009 |
| 1930 | James Gathers, Sumter, South Carolina, 200m runner 1952 Olympics bronze |
| 1930 | Romuald Twardowski, composer |
| 1929 | Michael L. Strang, born in Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Colorado 1985 - 1987 |
| 1929 | Tigran Petrosyan, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1963-69 |
| 1927 | Austin J. Murphy, born in North Charleroi, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1977 - 1993 and 1993 - 1995 |
| 1927 | Lucio Fulci, born in Rome, Italy, director, screenwriter, actor, known for directing gore films, Zombi 2 and The Beyond, other genres, including giallo, western, comedy |
| 1926 | Alan Walters, political economist |
| 1926 | Manuel Enriquez, composer |
| 1925 | Keith Larsen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Hunter, Brave Eagle |
| 1924 | Althea T L Simmons, human rights activist/chief lobbyist, NAACP |
| 1924 | Gotthold Gloger, writer |
| 1924 | Henk J Hoekstra, president, Dutch Communist Party |
| 1923 | Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, AAFC, NFL halfback, end, Los Angeles Rams |
| 1922 | Herbert Kelsey Jones, composer |
| 1922 | Jerry Fielding, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, composer, Lively Ones, Hogan's Heroes |
| 1922 | Paul Schalluck, German writer, Don Quixote in Cologne |
| 1920 | Beryl Reid, actress, Joseph Andrews, Psychomania, Yellowbeard |
| 1920 | Francois Jacob, born in France, biologist/bacteriologist, Nobel 1965 |
| 1919 | Antonius C "Ton" Lutz, Dutch actor and director, Lucifer |
| 1919 | Galina Ivanova Ustvol'skaya, composer |
| 1919 | Kingman Brewster, college president, Yale |
| 1919 | Max Dendermonde, Henk Hazelhoff, Dutch literary |
| 1918 | Maldwyn Thomas, president, Welsh Liberal Party |
| 1916 | Einar Englund, composer |
| 1916 | Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live |
| 1915 | Stringbean, David Akeman, Kentucky, banjoist/comedian, Hee Haw |
| 1914 | John Hersey, American Writer |
| 1913 | Felix Hartlaub, writer |
| 1912 | Don Gillis, born in Cameron, Missouri, composer, Symphony #5 |
| 1912 | Wessel Couzijn, sculptor/cartoonist, Auschwitz-monument |
| 1910 | Herbert Owen Reed, composer |
| 1910 | Red Foley, born in Blue Lick, Kentucky, country singer, Mr Smith Goes to Washington |
| 1908 | Frank Sully, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Along Came Jones, Phantom Thief |
| 1908 | Jacob "Jimmy" Herman Huizinga, journalist/Writer |
| 1908 | John Verrall, composer |
| 1907 | Charles Eames, American Designer |
| 1906 | Thomas G. Cowling, British mathematician/astronomer |
| 1904 | Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist |
| 1904 | Ralph Bellamy, born in Chicago, actor, Air Mail, Dive Bomber, Trading Places |
| 1903 | Michail Swetlow, writer |
| 1900 | Hermann Reuter, composer |
| 1898 | Maurits C Escher, Dutch graphic artist |
| 1895 | Louise Fazenda, Lafayette, Indiana, actress/comedienne, Almost an actress |
| 1895 | Slavko Osterc, composer |
| 1888 | Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer |
| 1888 | Heinz Guderian, German Soldier |
| 1884 | Christina C Bakker-van Bosse, feminist/pacifist |
| 1883 | Alexandre Cellier, composer |
| 1882 | Igor Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer, Rite of Spring, |
| 1880 | Russell Simpson, actor, Abraham Lincoln |
| 1880 | Carl Van Vechten, American Writer |
| 1878 | Albert Thomas, French socialist politician |
| 1875 | Philipp A. Kohnstamm, philosopher/theorist, Mensch and World |
| 1874 | Grant Mitchell, Columbus, Ohio, actor, Man Who Came to Dinner |
| 1871 | James Weldon Johnson, lawyer, 1st black admitted to Florida Bar |
| 1871 | Nicolae Iorga, writer/poet/literature historian/president of Romania |
| 1870 | George Cormack, cereal inventor, Wheaties |
| 1867 | John Robert Gregg, Ireland, inventor, shorthand |
| 1867 | Henry Lawson, Australian Writer |
| 1861 | Sidney James Jones, composer |
| 1858 | Eben Sumner Draper, Gov-MA |
| 1855 | Fritz Steinbach, composer |
| 1845 | Hendrik P Staal, Dutch banker |
| 1838 | Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer, Kapala-Kundala |
| 1838 | Chattopadhyaya/Bankim Chandra, Bengalese writer, Monastery of Delight |
| 1837 | Vincent Strong, civil war fighter |
| 1832 | William Crookes, English chemist/physicist, Crookes-pipe, thallium |
| 1830 | Rochard Montgomery Gano, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1828 | Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian |
| 1823 | John Henry Hobart Ward, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1818 | Charles Francois Gounod, born in Paris, France, opera composer, Faust |
| 1818 | Sophia Frederika Mathilde, queen of Netherlands/wife of William III |
| 1818 | Charles Gounod, French Composer |
| 1817 | Ivan K Aivazovski, Russan painter, Harbor Scenes |
| 1811 | Jon Sigurdsson, born in Iceland, leader/collects Icelandic legends |
| 1810 | F Freiligrath, writer |
| 1797 | Alexandre Vinet, Swiss Criitic |
| 1756 | Pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public |
| 1750 | Michel Woldemar, composer |
| 1742 | William Hooper, U.S. attorney signed Declaration of Independence |
| 1725 | Joseph Anton Bauer, composer |
| 1714 | Cesar F Cassini, de Thury, French astronomer, geodesic labor |
| 1703 | John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder, Methodists |
| 1682 | Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1697-1718 |
| 1604 | Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, Maurits House |
| 1239 | Edward I, King of England, 1272-1307, chased Jews out of England |
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