| 1992 | Earvin Johnson III, son of NBA foward Magic Johnson |
| 1975 | Betty Okino, born in Uganda, U.S. gymnast 1992 Olympics |
| 1975 | Dinanath Ramnarine, cricketer, Trinidad and Tobago leg-spinner |
| 1975 | Kurt Dreger, Ironwood, Michigan, dance skater, & Cronin-1997 National-13th |
| 1975 | Angelina Jolie, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Academy-Award winning movie, 'Girl, Interrupted', works with refugees as a Goodwill Ambassador |
| 1974 | Darin Erstad, outfielder, California Angels |
| 1974 | James Miller, Australian pole vaulter 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Johnny Taylor, NBA forward, Orlando Magic |
| 1974 | Lyndsay Kahler, born in Orange, California, Miss America-California 1997 |
| 1973 | Antonio Anderson, defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys |
| 1973 | Corey Walker, running back for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1973 | Doug Colman, linebacker for the New York Giants |
| 1973 | Sir Mawn Wilson, NFL wide reciever, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32 |
| 1972 | Derian Hatcher, Sterling Heights, Michigan, NHL defenseman for the Dallas Stars |
| 1971 | Noah Wyle, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Dr. John Carter-ER |
| 1971 | Patrick Scott, NFL/WLAF linebacker, Pittsburgh Steelers, Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1971 | Roy Janse, born in Edmonton, Alberta, tornado yachter 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Tanya Beyer, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, playmate, Feb, 1992 |
| 1970 | Gary Lynagh, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Ronnie Harris, NFL wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1969 | Regi Blinker, soccer player, Feyenoord |
| 1969 | Robert Perez, born in Bolivar, Venezuela, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays |
| 1969 | Tine Moberg-Parker, born in Oslo, Norway, Canada Europe class yachter 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Scott Wolf, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Broken Arrow, Party of 5 |
| 1968 | Stacy Leigh Arthur, born in Naperville, Illinois, playmate, Jan, 1991 |
| 1968 | Rachel Griffiths, American Actress |
| 1967 | Rick Wilkins, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Richard Wilkins, baseball player, catcher, played Major League teams San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, also played for Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets |
| 1967 | Scott Servais, born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, catcher for the Chicago Cubs |
| 1967 | Simon Sheldon-Collins, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics |
| 1966 | Nick Kypreos, born in Toronto, NHL left wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1966 | Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician |
| 1965 | Andrea Jaeger, born in Chicago, tennis player, retired as a teenager |
| 1965 | Beau Allred, born in Mesa, Arizona, Dale Le Beau Allred, baseball player, outfielder, played for the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball team for three seasons from 1989 - 1991 |
| 1965 | Jonathan Canter, LA Cal, tennis star |
| 1965 | Kurt Stillwell, born in Glendale, California, infielder for the Texas Rangers |
| 1965 | Tim Perry, NBA forward, New Jersey Nets |
| 1964 | Chris Kavanagh, rocker, Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111 |
| 1964 | Steve Searcy, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, William Steven Searcy, baseball player, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball teams from 1998 - 1992 |
| 1963 | Carey Nelson, Canada, marathoner 1996 Olympics |
| 1963 | Jim Lachey, NFL tackle for the Washington Redskins |
| 1963 | Mossimo Giannulli, fashion designer, hot |
| 1963 | Xavier McDaniel, NBA forward, Seattle SuperSonics |
| 1961 | El Debarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rocker, Debarge-All this Love |
| 1959 | Lord Rayleigh, agri-businessman, Lord Rayleigh Farms |
| 1959 | Rod Connop, CFL corner for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1958 | Julie Gholson, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Where the Lilies Bloom |
| 1958 | Tony Pigott, cricketer, England pace bowler in a Test vs. New Zealand 1984 |
| 1957 | Tony Pena, born in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic, catcher, Cleveland Indians |
| 1956 | John Treacy, marathonr, Olympics-silver-1984 |
| 1956 | Terry Kennedy, born in Euclid, Ohio, professional baseball player, catcher, played for the Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants |
| 1956 | Keith David, American Actor |
| 1953 | Linda Lingle, born in St. Louis, Missouri, politician, Republican, 6th Governor of Hawaii, chairman, 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City |
| 1952 | Catherine Watkins, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, It's Not Easy, Mary |
| 1952 | Parker Stevenson, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, Falcon Crest, Stroker Ace |
| 1951 | David Yip, born in Liverpool, England, of Chinese descent, English actor, played Johnny Ho in The Chinese Detective, played CIA liason agent Chuck Lee in 'A View to a Kill', a 1985 James Bond film |
| 1951 | Yvonne MCT van Rooy, Dutch Secretary of State Secretary, CDA |
| 1950 | Brian Rose, cricketer, England batsman in 9 Tests 1977-81 |
| 1950 | Dagmar Krause, born in West Germany, singer, Henry Cow, Art Bears |
| 1950 | Wayne Powers, New Rochelle, New York, actor, Laverne and Shirley, 13 East |
| 1950 | George Noory, American Journalist |
| 1948 | Rosemary Joyce, model/actress, Daphne Draper-Search For Tomorrow |
| 1948 | Sandra Post, born in Oakville, Ontario, professional golfer, won LPGA Championship 1968, LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year Award 1968 |
| 1948 | Jim Wallis, American Writer |
| 1946 | Bettina Gregory, correspondent/journalist, ABC-TV |
| 1945 | Anthony Braxton, jazz musician |
| 1945 | Daniel Topolski, writer/photographer/rowing coach |
| 1945 | Gordon Waller, born in Scotland, singer, Peter and Gordon-World Without Love |
| 1945 | Ivan "Ironman" Stewart, Mickey Thompson off-road champ, 1983, 84, 90 |
| 1945 | Margaret Impert, Horseheads, New York, actress, Maggie, Spencer's Pilots |
| 1944 | Charlie Whitney, rock guitarist, Family |
| 1944 | Michelle Phillips, born in Long Beach, California, singer and actress, Mamas and Papas |
| 1944 | Roger Ball, Scotland, saxophonist, Average White Band |
| 1943 | Sandra Haynie, Ft. Worth, Texas, LPGA golfer, 1974 U.S. Women's Open |
| 1940 | Dorothy Rudd Moore, composer |
| 1940 | Gerrit H. Terpstra, economist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA |
| 1939 | Phil Linz, baseball shortstop, New York Yankees |
| 1938 | Art Mahaffey, baseball player |
| 1937 | Freddie Fender, born in Mexico, country singer, Feelings |
| 1937 | Mort Zuckerman, CEO, US News and World Report, New York Daily News |
| 1937 | Robert Fulghum, American Author |
| 1936 | Bruce Dern, Winnetka, Illinois, actor, Coming Home, Silent Running, Tatoo |
| 1935 | Hendrikus C "Henk" Admiraal, Dutch actor, Rififi in Amsterdam |
| 1933 | John Sparrow, CEO, British Horseracing Betting Levy Board |
| 1933 | Godfried Danneels, Clergyman |
| 1932 | John Barrymore, Jr., born in Beverly Hills, California, actor, Pantomine Quiz |
| 1930 | Morgana King, jazz singer and actress, Godfather |
| 1928 | Paul Greening, master of Queen's household |
| 1928 | Ruth Westheimer, born in Germany, sex therapist, WYNY-FM |
| 1927 | Geoffrey Palmer, British actor, Smacks and Thistle |
| 1927 | Priscilla Morrill, born in Medford, Massachusetts, actress, Edie Grant-Mary Tyler Moore |
| 1926 | Nan Leslie, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Kings Row, Californians |
| 1926 | Robert Earl Hughes, became heaviest known human, 486 kg |
| 1924 | Dennis Weaver, born in Joplin, Missouri, actor, Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered |
| 1923 | John Lea, British Vice-Admiral |
| 1922 | Irwin Bazelon, born in Evanston, Illinois, composer, Duo for Viola |
| 1922 | John McNamara, baseball player |
| 1922 | John West, vice chancellor, Bradford University |
| 1921 | Nina Vyroubova, Russian/French ballerina, Pavlova-prize 1957 |
| 1920 | Marion Motley, NFL running back, all-time leading AAFC rusher |
| 1919 | Robert Merrill, American Musician |
| 1918 | LeRoy Walker, born in Atlanta, Georgia, CEO, US Olympic Committee |
| 1917 | Allen Greenwood, deputy CEO, British Aerospace |
| 1917 | Charles Collingwood, Michigan, news commentator, CBS, Chronicles |
| 1917 | Howard Metzenbaum, born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States Senator from Ohio |
| 1917 | Robert Anderson, author, Tea and Sympathy |
| 1917 | Robert Merrill, born in Brooklyn, New York, baritone, New York Metropolitan Opera |
| 1916 | Cecil Blacker, CEO, British Equestrian Federation |
| 1916 | Gaylord Nelson, American Politician |
| 1915 | Modibo Keita, president of Mali, 1960-68 |
| 1915 | Walter Hadlee, cricketer, father of Richard and Dayle, New Zealand batsman 40's |
| 1914 | Willy-August Linnemann, Danish writer/journalist |
| 1913 | Bruno Bettinelli, composer |
| 1912 | Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor, great iron sculptures |
| 1911 | Austin Andrew Wright, sculptor |
| 1911 | Viktor P. Nekrasov, Ukrainian author, Vokopach Stalingrada |
| 1910 | Christopher Cockerell, inventor, Hovercraft |
| 1910 | Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar |
| 1909 | Paul Nordoff, Philadelphia, composer, Frog Prince |
| 1909 | William Batten, CEO, New York Stock Exchange 1976-84 |
| 1908 | Earl of Halsbury, chancellor, Brunei University |
| 1908 | Lambertus L van Rooijen, Dutch actor |
| 1908 | Rosalind Russell, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, actress, Mame, Take a Letter Darling |
| 1908 | Walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian |
| 1907 | Marjan Kozina, composer |
| 1906 | Richard Whorf, actor and director, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Keeper of Flame |
| 1902 | Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender 1928 Olympics gold |
| 1895 | Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, 1925-32 |
| 1894 | Blanch Knopf, publishing CEO, Knopf |
| 1893 | Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania |
| 1893 | Daan Boens, Flemish poet, Man who sold his Wife |
| 1881 | Clara Blandick, actress, Huckleberry Finn, Romance, Tom Sawyer |
| 1879 | Theodor Haecker, German cultural philosopher, ist der Mensch? |
| 1878 | Frank N D Buchman, U.S. theologist, Moral Rearmament |
| 1877 | Heinrich Wieland, German chemist, bile acids-Nobel 1927 |
| 1876 | Robert Dower, cricketer, 1 Test South Africa vs. England 1898, scored 0 and 9 |
| 1869 | Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Vlaanderen |
| 1867 | Carl Gustaf baron Mannerheim, general/president of Finland, 1944-46 |
| 1864 | Nassau William Senior, British economist |
| 1863 | Edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician |
| 1846 | Josef Sittard, music writer |
| 1838 | Servaas Daems, Peeter Klein, Flemish writer, Lute and Flute |
| 1833 | Garnet Joseph, 1st viscount Wolseley soldier |
| 1828 | Alexander William Campbell, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1816 | Phillipe Regis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand, Major General, Union |
| 1815 | Paul Jones Semmes, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1803 | Gabriel James Rains, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1801 | James Pennethorne, architect |
| 1770 | James Hewitt, composer |
| 1751 | John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon |
| 1738 | George III, English King during American Revolution, 1760-1820 |
| 1700 | Theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor |
| 1697 | Jacob Israel Emden, Jacob ben Tswi, German rabbi |
| 1694 | Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV |
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