| 1994 | Nicholas Joseph Mills, son of Chris Evert and Andy Mills |
| 1992 | Tyler Davison, was world's smallest baby at 6 inches, 11 ounces |
| 1983 | Kim Clijsters, born in Bilzen, Belgium, professional tennis player, ranked number one in the World for singles and doubles, winner of 36 WTA singles and 11 WTA doubles titles |
| 1982 | Robert Anthony, born in Chicago, Illinois, ring name, 'Egotistico Fantastico', professional wrestler, athlete, World Junior Heavyweight Champion, Iron Man Champion, AAW Heavyweight Championship |
| 1978 | Maria Menounos, Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 1996 |
| 1977 | Belvilyn Ada Tenorio, Miss Universe-Northern Marianas 1996 |
| 1977 | Yvette Basting, born in Breda, Netherlands, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Flensberg-GER |
| 1977 | Kanye West, American Musician |
| 1976 | Lindsay Davenport, born in Palos Verdes, California, tennis star, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1975 | Bryan McCabe, born in St. Catherines, NHL defenseman for the New York Islanders |
| 1974 | Gabe Northern, defensive end for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1973 | Bryant Reeves, NBA center for the Vancouver Grizzlies |
| 1973 | Michael Sheldon, NFL offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1973 | Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress |
| 1972 | David Sloan, NFL tight end, Detroit Lions |
| 1972 | P[eter] J[ason] Farley, Hackensack, bass, Trixter-Give It To Me Good |
| 1971 | Amanda Jahn, Miss USA-Missouri 1997 |
| 1971 | Elena Brioukhovets, born in Odessa, Ukraine, tennis star, finalist 1990 Moscow |
| 1971 | Jamie Morgan, Australia, tennis star |
| 1971 | Tom Nutten, CFL/NFL centers, Hamilton Tiger Cats, Buffalo Bills |
| 1970 | Troy Vincent, NFL cornerback, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1969 | Glenn Rogers, Jr., CFL defensive back for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1969 | Laurel Martin, born in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Dave Mlicki, born in Cleveland, Ohio, pitcher for the New York Mets |
| 1968 | Rob Ray, Belleville, NHL left wing for the Buffalo Sabres |
| 1967 | Kathryn Marshall, born in Dundee, Scotland, LPGA golfer, 1995 Jamie Farr |
| 1967 | Neil Mitchell, rocker, Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was |
| 1967 | Stephane Simian, born in France, tennis star |
| 1967 | Willie Williams, WLAF tight end for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1966 | Brian Williams, NFL center for the New York Giants |
| 1966 | Doris Pearson, Essex, rocker, 5 Star-Silk and Steel |
| 1966 | Julianna Margulies, born in Spring Valley, New York, actress, Carol Hathaway-ER |
| 1965 | Kevin Ritz, born in Eatonstown, New Jersey, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies |
| 1965 | Robert Platus, born in New York City, lip syncher, Milli Vanilli-Girl You Know This |
| 1964 | Butch [Harry Lee] Reynolds, Jr., born in Akron, Ohio, 4X400m runner |
| 1964 | Nelli [Antoinette HC] Fiere-Cooman, Netherlands, runner, WR 60 m in 7.00 |
| 1963 | John Restino, born in Westchester, New York, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Tommy Armour |
| 1963 | Kino Haitsma, pianist/arrangeur, Josephine |
| 1962 | Nick Rhodes, Bates, keyboardist, Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf |
| 1961 | Kevin Gross, born in Downey, California, pitcher for the Texas Rangers |
| 1961 | Ursula Buchfellner, born in Munich, Germany, playmate, Oct, 1979, actress, Bloodline |
| 1960 | Linda Hanley, born in Laguna Beach, California, beach volleyballer, Olympics-4th-96 |
| 1960 | Mike Hucknail, rocker, Simply Red-Every Time We Say Goodbye |
| 1958 | Keenan Ivory Wayans, born in New York City, comedian, In Living Color |
| 1958 | Stan Brock, NFL tackle for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1958 | Keenen Ivory Wayans, American Comedian |
| 1957 | Scott Raymond Adams, born in Catskill, New York, cartoonist, Dilbert |
| 1955 | Griffin Dunne, actor, American Werewolf in London, Who's That Girl |
| 1955 | James Jonathan Sylvers, born in Memphis, Tennessee, keyboardist, vocalist, member of The Sylvers, a popular 1970's rhythm and blues family group |
| 1955 | Tim Berners-Lee, born in London, England, computer scientist, credited with inventing the World Wide Web, proposed in March, 1989 |
| 1955 | Tim Berners Lee, English Inventor |
| 1954 | Greg Ginn, born in America, guitarist, singer, songwriter, leader, Black Flag, hardcore punk, Rolling Stone's, 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time |
| 1953 | Bonnie Tyler, singer, Total Eclipse of the Heart |
| 1952 | Martin Taylor, born in England, former CEO, Barclays Bank, Chairman, Syngenta AG |
| 1952 | Matthew Bright, American Director |
| 1950 | Elmar Oliveira, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, violinist, Naumburg 1978 |
| 1950 | Kathy Whitton Baker, born in Midland, Texas, actress, Right Stuff, 16 Candles |
| 1949 | Emmanuel Ax, born in Lvov, Poland, pianist, Artur Rubinstein Comp-1974 |
| 1949 | Hildegard Falck, born in West Germany, 800m runner, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics |
| 1947 | Joan La Barbara, composer |
| 1947 | Julie Driscoll, rocker/actress, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee |
| 1947 | Mick Box, rock guitarist, Uriah Heep |
| 1947 | Sara Paretsky, American Author |
| 1946 | Dudley Fishburn, born in England, British politician, journalist, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, holds directorship for Altria Group |
| 1946 | Elizabeth A. Lynn, U.S., sci-fi author, Watchtower, Red Hawk |
| 1946 | Richie Robinson, cricketer, Victorian keeper, Australian batsman 1977 |
| 1945 | Derek Underwood, cricketer, "Deadly" Maybe the best post-war SLA |
| 1945 | Donna Deitch, director, Sexual Advances, Women of Brewster Place |
| 1944 | Boz Scaggs, born in Dallas, Texas, rocker, Steve Miller Band |
| 1944 | Don Grady, Agrati, actor, Robbie Douglas-My Three Sons |
| 1943 | Colin Baker, actor, Dr. Who, Swallows and Amazons |
| 1943 | J. C. A. Barrett, Headmaster, Leys School-Cambridge |
| 1943 | Vicki Stangroome, campaigner |
| 1942 | Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvortsov, Russian cosmonaut |
| 1942 | Chuck Negron, singer, 3 Dog Night-Joy to the World |
| 1942 | Gael Ramsey, Brigadier commander, HQ Aldershot Garrison |
| 1942 | Willie D. Davenport, born in Troy, Alabama, 110m hurdler, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1941 | Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, U.S. pop singer, Funkadelic-Knee Deep |
| 1941 | Joop H van den Berg, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, PvdA |
| 1940 | Nancy Sinatra, born in Jersey City, singer, Boots are Made for Walkin' |
| 1940 | Sherman Garnes, rock vocalist, Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers |
| 1939 | Bernie Casey, born in Wyco, West Virginia, actor, Boxcar Bertha, Rent-a-Cop |
| 1939 | Herb Adderley, born in Philadelphia, NFL hall of famer, Packers, Cowboys |
| 1937 | Bruce McCandless II, Boston, Cap USN/astronaut, STS 41B, STS-31 |
| 1936 | James Darren, born in Philadelphia, actor, TJ Hooker, Diamond Head, Venus in Furs |
| 1934 | Millicent Martin, Romford Eng, actress, Alfie, Nothing but the Best |
| 1933 | Dr. Robert Stevens, Master, Pembroke College, Oxford |
| 1933 | Eric Parker, deputy CEO, Trafalgar House |
| 1933 | Joan Rivers, born in Brooklyn, comedienne, Late Show, Hollywood Sq |
| 1932 | Hans Gunter Helms, composer |
| 1932 | Lady Littler, CEO, Gaming Board for Great Britain |
| 1932 | Ray Illingworth, cricketer, England off-spin all-rounder and captain |
| 1932 | Raymond Illingworth, CEO, England committee, TCCB |
| 1931 | James Leander "Leo" Nichols, honorary consul |
| 1930 | Bo Gunnar Widerberg, born in Malmo, Sweden, director, Elvira Madigan |
| 1930 | Dana Wynter, London, actress, Airport, Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
| 1930 | Michael Codron, theatrical producer |
| 1930 | Yannis Ioannidis, composer |
| 1929 | Earl Ferrers, British minister of state, Department of Environment |
| 1929 | Ventappa Muddiah, cricketer, Indian off-spinner in 2 Tests 1959-61 |
| 1928 | Jiri Dvoracek, composer |
| 1928 | Kat[i]e [Gertrude] Wilhelm, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Hamlet Trap |
| 1927 | David Hobman, director, Age Concern England |
| 1927 | Jerry Stiller, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Frank Constanza-Seinfeld |
| 1927 | Michael Levey, director, British National Gallery |
| 1926 | Anatol Vieru, born in Romania, composer, music theoretician, studied with Aram Khachaturian, wrote symphonies, string quartets, concertos, chamber music, leading Romanian composer of the 20th century |
| 1926 | Cranley Onslow, born in England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Woking, called for lower middle class taxes, life peer as Baron Onslow of Working in Surrey County |
| 1926 | Nico Kiasashvii, professor of English Literature |
| 1925 | Eddie Gaedel, 3'7" St. Louis Browns pinch-hitter, he walked |
| 1925 | Barbara Bush, Rye, New York, 1st lady, 1989-93 |
| 1924 | George Kirby, born in Chicago, comedian, ABC Comedy Hour, Pearl Bailey Show |
| 1924 | Glidewell, Lord Justice |
| 1924 | Ian Colquhoun, cricket wicket keeper, New Zealand vs England 1954-55 |
| 1924 | Sheldon Allman, born in Chicago, actor, Norm-Harris Against the World |
| 1924 | William Barlow, CEO, BICC |
| 1923 | Alice Coleman, geographer |
| 1923 | Jean Maxwell-Scott, Lady-in-Waiting, Prin Alice Duchess Gloucester |
| 1923 | Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer, Summer Games |
| 1922 | Myron Healy, born in Petalumus, California, actor, Wyatt Earp |
| 1921 | Alexis Smith, Penticton BC Canada, actress, Jessica-Dallas, Follies |
| 1921 | Alwyn Williams, Vice-Chancellor, Glasgow U |
| 1921 | Sheila Ryan, born in Kansas, actress, Big Fix, Mule Train, Ringside, Caged Fury |
| 1921 | Suharto, general/president Indonesia, 1967- |
| 1920 | A. J. Mottram, tennis player |
| 1920 | Bert Leysen, TV director, Belgian National TV |
| 1919 | Guy Overton, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in 3 Tests on 1953-54 SA tour |
| 1918 | Robert Preston, born in Newton, Massachusetts, actor, Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter |
| 1917 | Byron R. Whizzer White, born in Ft. Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just, 1962-93 |
| 1916 | Francis Crick, British co-discovered DNA's structure, Nobel 1962 |
| 1915 | Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor-Maarn Netherlands |
| 1915 | Julian Ridsdale, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Harwich in Essex, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire |
| 1914 | Joseph de Pietro, U.S., 56kg weightlifter 1948 Olympics gold |
| 1913 | Graham Watson, literary agent |
| 1913 | Janos Jagamas, composer |
| 1913 | Peter Diamand, artistic administrator |
| 1912 | Ian Morrow, company director |
| 1911 | Van Lingle Mungo, born in South Carolina, pitcher, Dodgers, Giants |
| 1910 | Aleksandr T. Tvardovski, Russian conductor |
| 1910 | John W. Campbell, U.S., sci-fi writer, Moon is Hell |
| 1909 | Maria M. van de Berg, actress, It was April 1st |
| 1909 | William Odling, major-general |
| 1906 | Charles Janssens, Belgium, actor, Mira, Malpertuis |
| 1906 | S Nazir Ali, cricketer, bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932 |
| 1905 | Brian Coffey, born in Dublin, Ireland, poet, publisher, influenced by Catholicism, science and philosophy, surrealism, published in the University Review, established Advent Press |
| 1903 | Gerrit C. Berkouwer, Dutch theologist, Dogmatic Studies |
| 1903 | Ralph Webster Yarborough, politician |
| 1903 | Ronald Shiner, actor, Carry on Admiral, Keep it Clean, Aunt Clara |
| 1902 | Albe, Renaut A Joostens, Flemish writer, Andalusian Diary |
| 1900 | Herman J. Friedericy, H J Merlijn, writer, Last general |
| 1900 | George Antheil, American Composer |
| 1896 | Samuel Gonard, chairman, International Red Cross |
| 1894 | Erwin Schulhoff, Czechoslovakian/Russian composer/pianist, Ogelala |
| 1889 | Joseph L. Hromadka, Czechoslovakian theologist, Lenin prize 1957 |
| 1888 | Gudmundur Jonsson Kamban, Icelandic writer, Skalholt |
| 1888 | Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer |
| 1881 | Prospero Bisquertt, composer |
| 1867 | Frank Lloyd Wright, Richland Center Wisconsin, master builder, Guggenheim |
| 1858 | Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer and conductor |
| 1856 | Natalia Janotha, composer |
| 1849 | Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, Anspach Monument |
| 1847 | Ida Sazton McKinley, 1st lady, 1897-1901 |
| 1837 | Jan Kleczynski, composer |
| 1837 | Moriz Heyne, German germanist, Beowulf |
| 1834 | George Garrett, composer |
| 1829 | John Everett Millais, England, painter, Order of Release |
| 1824 | James Loudon, Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies |
| 1824 | William Montgomery Gardner, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1821 | John Dunlap Stevenson, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1821 | Samuel White Baker, born in London, England, explorer, Ceylon/Egypt |
| 1814 | Charles Reade, England, novelist, Cloister and Hearth |
| 1813 | David Dixon Porter, Rear Admiral Union Navy |
| 1812 | Spyridon Xyndas, composer |
| 1810 | Robert A. Schumann, Zwickau Saxony Germany, composer, Fantastiestucke |
| 1806 | Gideon Johnson Pillow, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1805 | Luigi Ricci, composer |
| 1804 | Jan Baptist van Son, Dutch politician, RC |
| 1783 | Joseph Lincke, composer |
| 1772 | Robert Stevenson, born in Glasgow, civil engineer |
| 1759 | Thomas Dunham Whitaker, Rainham Norfolk UK, topographer |
| 1756 | Cornelis van Foreest, mayor of Alkmaar |
| 1753 | Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer |
| 1743 | Alessandro Cagliostro, Palermo Italy, adventurer |
| 1740 | Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer |
| 1724 | John Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer |
| 1722 | Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer |
| 1671 | Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer, Adagio in G-minor |
| 1652 | William Dampier, English explorer/pirate |
| 1625 | Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer, 4 moons of Saturn |
| 1318 | Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II |
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