| 2008 | Prince Aristide Stavros of Greece and Denmark, born in Los Angeles, California |
| 1993 | Angela and Amy Lakeberg, U.S. Siamese twin, separated on Aug 20th |
| 1977 | Sharon Cripps, Australian 100m/200m 1996 Olympics |
| 1977 | Tania Joy Gibson, born in Lake Barrington, Illinois, Miss America-Illinois 1997 |
| 1976 | Sandhya Chib, Miss Universe-India 1996 |
| 1975 | Mathew Gates, born in Baldock, England, dance skater, & Chalom-1995 Nat, Jr. champ |
| 1974 | Ted Giannous, born in San Diego, actor, KGB Chicken |
| 1973 | George Hincapie, born in Queens, New York, road cyclist, Olympics-76th-92, 96 |
| 1972 | Fabrice L'Henry, hockey forward, Team France 1998 |
| 1972 | Samantha Smith, born in Houlton, Missouri, actress, Elizabeth-Lime Street |
| 1971 | Dennis Gerritsen, soccer player, NAC |
| 1971 | Mike Sillinger, Regina, NHL right wing, Vanc Canucks, Anaheim Ducks |
| 1971 | Wendee Espinosa, born in Stockton, California, female outfielder, Silver Bullets |
| 1970 | Troy Drayton, tight end for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1969 | Erik Tammer, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles |
| 1969 | Simon Brown, cricketer, Durham pace bowler, England 1996 |
| 1968 | Theoren Fleury, NHL right wing, Calgary Flames, Canada |
| 1967 | John Wehner, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 1967 | Melora Hardin, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Family Tree, Best Times |
| 1965 | Barry D, Iain Bakker, English pop musician, Jesus Jones |
| 1965 | Paul Jarvis, cricketer, England pace bowler 1988-93 |
| 1964 | Pepper Johnson, NFL linebacker, New York Giants, Cleveland Browns |
| 1964 | Stedman Pearson, born in Essex, rock vocalist, Five Star-Silk and Steel |
| 1964 | Wendy Kilbourne, actress, Devon-Midnight Caller, 1964 Approx] |
| 1963 | Anne-Sophie Mutter, born in Rheinfeldin, Germany, violinist, Berlin Phil |
| 1963 | Tracey E Bregman, Munich Germany, actress, Lauren-Bold and Beautiful |
| 1962 | Amanda Donohoe, born in London, actress, CJ Lamb-LA Law |
| 1962 | Sharon Lawrence, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, actress, Civil Wars, New YorkPD Blue, Fired Up |
| 1961 | Jean-Francois Senecal, born in Laval, Quebec, rifle shooter, Olympics-3-92, 96 |
| 1960 | Sergey Kopylov, U.S.S.R., cyclist, 1980 Olympics gold |
| 1959 | Edward F. Humenik, born in Detroit, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1994 Kmart Greater-2nd |
| 1958 | Leslie Browne, born in New York City, ballerina, Turning Point |
| 1957 | Maria Conchita Alonso, born in Cuba, actress, Moscow on the Hudson |
| 1955 | Charles J Precourt, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-55, 71, 84, sk:91 |
| 1954 | Rick Honeycutt, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1953 | Billy Hinsche, born in Manila, Philippines, William 'Billy' Hinsche, American musician, rocker, member of Dino, Desi, and Billy singing group, toured with The Beach Boys |
| 1953 | Colin Hay, born in Scotland, rock vocalist, Men At Work |
| 1953 | Don Dokken, heavy metal rocker, Dokken-Alone Again |
| 1953 | Rosa Mota, Port marathoner 1988 Olympics gold |
| 1951 | John Doerr, American Businessman |
| 1950 | Jo Ann Davis, American Politician |
| 1949 | Dan Dierdorf, NFLer, sportscaster, Monday Night Football |
| 1949 | Ann Veneman, American Public Servant |
| 1948 | Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet |
| 1948 | Charles McCorquodale, art historian |
| 1948 | Fred Grandy, born in Sioux City, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa, 1986-, actor, Love Boat |
| 1948 | Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer, White Snake, Deep Purple |
| 1947 | Jeff Moss, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. Pakistan 1979 |
| 1947 | Richard Lewis, born in New York City, comedian, Marty Gold-Anything But Love |
| 1945 | Johnnie Richardson, rocker, Johnnie and Joe |
| 1945 | Little Eva, born in Belhaven, North Carolina, rock vocalist, Locomotion |
| 1944 | Collin Peterson, born in Fargo, North Dakota, Representative-D-Minnesota 1991 - |
| 1944 | Gary Busey, born in Goose Creek, Texas, actor, Buddy Holly Story, Star in Born |
| 1944 | Collin C. Peterson, American Politician |
| 1943 | Roger Ruskin Spear, born in London, England, saxophonist, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band |
| 1943 | Virginia Foxx, American Politician |
| 1942 | Bas J van der Vlies, Dutch MP, SGP |
| 1941 | Margritta Gummel, born in East Germany, shot putter, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1941 | Stokely Carmichael, American Activist |
| 1940 | Louise S. Groenman, Dutch MP, D66 |
| 1940 | Viacheslav Artyomov, composer |
| 1939 | Alan Connolly, cricketer, Australian pace bowler through 60s |
| 1939 | Ron Headley, cricketer, son of George, 2 Tests WI vs. England 1973 |
| 1938 | Billy Storm, singer, Valiants-This is the Night |
| 1938 | Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer |
| 1936 | David Jenkins, U.S., figure skater 1960 Olympics gold |
| 1936 | Harmon Killebrew, baseball player, Minnesota Twins |
| 1936 | Leonard Lee, U.S. vocalist, Shirley and Lee-Let the Good Times Roll |
| 1934 | Henning Kronstam, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, ballet dancer, performed over 120 roles with Royal Danish Ballet for over 20 years |
| 1933 | John Bradshaw, born in Houston, Texas, educator, speaker, author, popularized dysfunctional family, wrote 'Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child' |
| 1930 | Robert Evans, born in New York City, director/actor, Love Story, Godfather, Chinatown |
| 1929 | Johnny Ace, born in Memphis, Tennessee, born John Marshall Alexander, Jr., singer, member of the B.B. King band, signed to Duke Records, toured with Willa Mae "Big Mama" Thornton |
| 1929 | Michio Mamaia, composer |
| 1929 | Peter George, born in Akron, Ohio, weightlifter, Olympic-gold/2 silver-48, 52 |
| 1928 | Ian Bannen, born in Airdrie, Scotland, actor, Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park |
| 1925 | Cara Williams, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Pete and Gladys, Cara Williams Show |
| 1925 | Hale Smith, composer |
| 1924 | Ezra Laderman, born in New York City, composer, Jacob and the Indians |
| 1923 | Chou Wen-Chung, born in Cheefoo, China, composer, Mode of Shang |
| 1922 | Vasko Popa, Yugoslavia/Serbian poet, Heaven is a Side Issue |
| 1922 | John W. Vessey, Jr., American Soldier |
| 1920 | Ray Harryhausen, movie special effect artist, Clash of Titans |
| 1919 | Slim Pickens, born in Kingsburg, California, actor, Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles |
| 1918 | Jack Harkness, rose grower |
| 1916 | David Donaldson, painter |
| 1916 | Ruth Warwick, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, actress, Citizen Kane, All My Children |
| 1915 | Ruth Warrick, American Musician |
| 1914 | Rafael Kubelik, born in Bychory, Czechoslovakia, conductor, Cornelia Farooli |
| 1912 | John Toland, U.S., political writer, Rising Sun, Pulitzer 1971 |
| 1912 | Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, born in Guadalajara, Mexico, composer, Huapango |
| 1911 | Bernard Herrmann, New York City, composes film music |
| 1911 | Bernhard, born in Germany, Prince, Consort to Queen Juliana of Netherlands |
| 1911 | Klaus E J Fuchs, German/British/German nuclear physicist/spy |
| 1910 | Franc Henry Loesser, U.S. songwriter/composer, Most Happy Fella |
| 1909 | Leroy Anderson, U.S., composer, Syncopated Clock |
| 1908 | Paul Lebeau, Flemish writer, Last Rose, Xanthippe |
| 1908 | John Hench, American Artist |
| 1907 | Joan Davis, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, actress, I Married Joan |
| 1907 | Paul O'Dwyer, President of City Council, D-NYC |
| 1905 | Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher, La lenta libertad |
| 1902 | Carl-Heinz Schroth, born in Innsbruck, director, Reaching for the Stars |
| 1902 | Ellen Clara Pollock, actress, Wicked Lady, Horror Hospital |
| 1901 | Frieda Inescort, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actress, Pride and Prejudice |
| 1901 | Hendrik Diels, Flemish conductor |
| 1901 | Nelson Eddy, born in Providence, Rhode Island, baritone, Duets with Jeanette MacDonald |
| 1900 | Antoine de Saint-Exupery, born in France, aviator/writer, Wind, Sand and Stars |
| 1897 | Ottmar Gerster, composer |
| 1896 | Irene Browne, born in England, actress, All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart |
| 1893 | Aare Merikanto, composer |
| 1893 | Antoon Schweigmann, Dutch religious poet/resistance fighter |
| 1886 | George Frederick Boyle, composer |
| 1886 | James Van DerZee, famous African |
| 1886 | Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician, Artus Quellin |
| 1886 | Robert Schuman, French premier |
| 1886 | James Van Der Zee, American Photographer |
| 1885 | Andre Gailhard, composer |
| 1885 | S Pedro Humberto Allende, Chilian composer, And una Mananita |
| 1885 | Virginia Pope, New York Times |
| 1880 | Ludwig Beck, chef Germany general staff, "July 20th plot" |
| 1879 | Zsigmond Moricz, Hungarian writer, Sararany [Mud gold] |
| 1876 | Nellie Taylor Ross, 1st woman to serve as a Governor, Wyoming, 1925-27 |
| 1874 | Georg Gohler, composer |
| 1870 | Joseph Carl Breil, composer |
| 1865 | Shigechiyo Izumi, achieved oldest authenticated age, 120 y 237 d |
| 1865 | William Edgar Borah, born in Fairfield, Illinois, Senator-R-Idaho, 1907 - 1940, lawyer |
| 1864 | Anton Beer-Walbrun, composer |
| 1864 | Pietro Bonfante, Italian lawyer, Roman law |
| 1863 | James Harvey Robinson, born in Illinois, historian, Ordeal of Civilization |
| 1861 | William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota |
| 1861 | William J. Mayo, American Scientist |
| 1858 | George Washington Goethals, engineer, built Panama Canal |
| 1850 | Joseph Paul Skelly, composer |
| 1849 | Sergei J Witte, Netherlands/Russian count/premier Russia |
| 1842 | Josef Labor, composer |
| 1831 | William Thomas Clark, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1824 | Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Netherlands engraver, PTT Stempels |
| 1805 | Hiram Powers, U.S. sculptor, Greek Slave |
| 1798 | Willibald Alexis, Georg W. Haring, German writer, Schloss Avalon |
| 1798 | Giacomo Leopardi, Italian Poet |
| 1783 | August Alexander Klengel, composer |
| 1746 | Joachim H Campe, German author, Robinson of the Jungere |
| 1738 | Constantin Reindl, composer |
| 1517 | Rembert Dodoens, Rembertus Dodonaeus, physician/botanist |
| 1397 | Joao II, King of Aragon, Spain |
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