| 1985 | Emile Hirsch, American Actor |
| 1976 | Danny Masterson, American Actor |
| 1975 | Landon Wilson, St. Louis, NHL right wing for the Colorado Avalanche |
| 1974 | Andre Batista Santos "Vampeta", Brazilian soccer player, PSV |
| 1974 | Corinna Broiz, born in Garberville, Colorado, lightweight judoka 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Thomas Enqvist, born in Stockholm Sweden, tennis star, 1991 Wimbledon jr boys |
| 1973 | Bobby Jackson, NBA guard for the Denver Nuggets |
| 1973 | Dan Wilkinson, NFL defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1973 | Edgar Davids, Dutch soccer player, Ajax, AC Milan |
| 1973 | Trezelle Jenkins, NFL tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1972 | Avrom Smith, WLAF RB, London Monarchs |
| 1972 | Brian Saxton, NFL tight end for the New York Giants |
| 1972 | Rickey Brady, NFL tight end, NO Saints |
| 1972 | Ryan McCoy, WLAF LB, London Monarchs |
| 1972 | Shea Olliff, born in Augusta, Georgia, Miss America-Georgia, 1997 |
| 1972 | Trent Dilfer, NFL quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1971 | Curtis Conway, NFL wide receiver and kick returner for the Chicago Bears |
| 1971 | Li Chen, born in Changsha China, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Austin Texas |
| 1971 | Paul Henderson, Australian 100m/200m 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Ralf Kleinmann, WLAF kicker and punter, Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1971 | Robert Samuels, cricketer, West Indies Test opening batsman vs. New Zealand 1996 |
| 1971 | Ryan Hayden, Indianapolis Indiana, 400m hurdler |
| 1971 | Tony Vinson, NFL running back, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens |
| 1971 | Tracy Wells, actress, Heather-Mr Belvedere |
| 1969 | Chris Zorich, NFL defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears |
| 1969 | Kevin Kaminski, Churchbridge, NHL center for the Washington Capitals |
| 1968 | Akira Nogami, born in Narashino, Chiba, professional Japanese wrestler, actor, wrestled for the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion, NJPW, in 1991, reigned as IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, in 2000, appeared in television show, Kamen Rider Kuuga, competed part-time after 2004, regularly wrestling with Keiji Mutoh's All Japan Pro Wrestling |
| 1968 | Christopher Collett, born in New York City, actor, Manhattan Project |
| 1967 | Colleen Rosensteel, S Greensburg, Pennsylvania, heavyweight judoka 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Satu Huotari, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics |
| 1966 | Tine Scheuer-Larsen, Denmark, tennis star |
| 1964 | Will Clark, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, infielder for the Texas Rangers |
| 1963 | Mariano Duncan, S P de Macoris, Dominican Republic, infielder, New York Yankees |
| 1963 | Vance Johnson, NFL wide receiver for the Denver Broncos |
| 1962 | Liane Tooth, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics |
| 1961 | Cor Lems, soccer player, ADO The Hague/Dordrecht '90 |
| 1960 | Adam Clayton, born in Oxfordshire, rock bassist, U2-I Will Follow |
| 1959 | Dirk Wellham, cricketer, century on NSW debut and Australian debut |
| 1959 | Ronnie Rogers, guitarist, T'Pau-Heart and Soul |
| 1958 | Debi Nicolle Johnson, born in Torrance, California, playmate, October, 1984 |
| 1958 | Rick Lazio, born in Amityville, New York, Representative-R-New York 1993 - 2001 |
| 1957 | John Hoeven, born in Bismarck, North Dakota, politician, Republican, 34th Governor of North Dakota, longest-serving Governor in the U.S. |
| 1956 | Dana Delany, born in New York City, actress, Colleen McMurphy-China Beach, Exit to Eden |
| 1955 | Glenne Headly, born in New London, Connecticut, actress, Dick Tracy, Making Mr. Right |
| 1955 | Olga Rukavishnikova, born in U.S.S.R., pentathlete, 1980 Olympics silver |
| 1955 | Patricia J. Engfer, general manager, Hyatt Regency-Orlando |
| 1954 | Robin Duke, born in Toronto, Canada, comedienne, SNL, SCTV, Club Paradise |
| 1953 | Andy Bean, born in Lafayette, Georgia, PGA golfer, Western 1978, Kemper 1978 |
| 1953 | Deborah Raffin, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Ransom, Demon, 40 Carats |
| 1951 | Fred Berry, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Rerun-What's Happening |
| 1950 | Bernard Julien, cricketer, WI left-arm pace all-rounder mid-70's |
| 1950 | Danny Kirwan, London, rock guitarist, Fleetwood Mac |
| 1950 | Joe Bugner, Hungarian/British/Australian boxer, European Champ 1971 |
| 1950 | Robert S. Woods, born in California, actor, Bo-One Life to Live, Waltons |
| 1950 | Steve Hill, country vocalist, A Winning Hand |
| 1950 | William H. Macy, born in Miami, Florida, actor, Homicide, Water Engine |
| 1950 | Charles Krauthammer, American Journalist |
| 1947 | Lesley Collier, British ballet dancer |
| 1943 | Andre Techine, director and writer, Scene of the Crime, Rendez-Vous |
| 1943 | Stephen Vincent Benet, writer |
| 1939 | Neil Sedaka, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and songwriter, Breaking Up is Hard to Do |
| 1938 | Hans-Joachim Hespos, composer |
| 1938 | Jean-Claude Risset, composer |
| 1938 | Joseph Bellino, footballer, 1960 Heisman Trophy |
| 1938 | Patricia W. Amicone, educator and midwife |
| 1937 | Fofo losefa Fiti Sunia, born in Fagasa, Pago Pago, Representative-D-American Samoa 1981 - 1988 |
| 1936 | Clarence Nash, animation voice, Donald Duck |
| 1935 | Don Nute, born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, Denver University, actor |
| 1933 | Frank Murkowski, born in in Seattle, Washington, Senator-R-Alaska 1981 - 2002, Governor-R-Alaska 2002 - 2006 |
| 1933 | Mike Stoller, composer, Lieber and Stoller-Hound Dog, Charlie Brown |
| 1931 | Marc Dessauvage, Flemish architect |
| 1931 | Rosalind Elias, born in Lowell Massachusetts, mezzo-soprano, Grimgerde-Die Walkuere |
| 1931 | Wolfgang Kohlhaase, born in Berlin, actor, director and writer, Solo Sunday |
| 1930 | Doug Harvey, hockey star, 3 time James Norris winner |
| 1929 | J. D. Slater, writer |
| 1929 | Peter Breck, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji |
| 1929 | Will Eisma, composer |
| 1927 | Charles Sickman Corsen, Dutch Antillean poet |
| 1926 | Frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist |
| 1926 | Raul Alfonsin, Argentine President, 1983-89 |
| 1925 | Anthony Milner, composer |
| 1925 | Bertha Tickey, born in Dinuba, California, softball pitcher, Hall of Fame 1973 |
| 1925 | Roy Haynes, U.S. jazz drummer, Trio Music with Chick Corea |
| 1922 | Brun Smith, cricketer, New Zealand right-handed batsman of late 1940's |
| 1922 | Jim Rodger, sports writer |
| 1921 | Allan Jaffee, comic strip cartoonist/illustrator, MAD Magazine |
| 1921 | Cyril Poole, cricketer, England batsman against India 1951-52 |
| 1920 | Frans van der Elst, Flemish attorney/MP, Volksunie |
| 1918 | Faye Glenn Abdellan, U.S. government official, health services |
| 1918 | George McAfee, NFL halfback for the Chicago Bears |
| 1917 | Ina Ray Hutton, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Ina Ray Hutton Show |
| 1917 | Maria Vlamynck, Flemish author |
| 1917 | Tessie O'Shea, born in England, actress, Entertainers |
| 1916 | Corinne Boggs, political administrator |
| 1916 | Lindy Boggs, born in Louisiana, Representative-D-Louisiana 1973 - 1991 |
| 1914 | Carl-Olof Anderberg, composer |
| 1914 | Tessie O'Shea, entertainer |
| 1913 | Sammy Kaye, saxophonist, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye |
| 1913 | William J. Casey, headed CIA during Iran-contra scandal, 1981-87 |
| 1912 | Ernst Hess, composer |
| 1912 | Igor Youskevitch, dancer |
| 1912 | James Friell, political cartoonist |
| 1911 | Jose Ardevol, composer |
| 1911 | L. Ron Hubbard, sci-fi writer/scientologist, Dianetics |
| 1910 | Sammy Kaye, born in Rocky River Ohio, orchestra leader, Sammy Kaye Show |
| 1909 | Gilbert Inglefield, Mayor of London, 1967-68 |
| 1909 | Trofim Lysenko, Russian Celebrity |
| 1908 | Helen Sinclair Glatz, musician |
| 1908 | Paul Stewart, born in New York City, actor, Top Secret USA, Deadline |
| 1908 | Walter Annenberg, born in Milwaukee, publisher, Triangle-TV Guide and Ambassador to Great Britain |
| 1907 | Albert Hughes Williams, teacher and historian |
| 1907 | Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to the Portuguese throne |
| 1907 | Frank Wilcox, born in DeSoto, Missouri, actor, John-Beverly Hillbillies |
| 1904 | Henry Iliffe Cozens, pilot |
| 1901 | Paul Fix, born in Dobbs Ferry, New York, actor, Rifleman |
| 1899 | Pancho Vladigerov, composer |
| 1898 | Josie Sedgwick, born in Texas, actress, Son of Oklahoma |
| 1897 | Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet, Statue of Fatigue |
| 1897 | William Herald, Australia, swimmer, 1920 Olympics |
| 1896 | Dorothy Aldis, writer |
| 1892 | Alec Rowley, composer |
| 1892 | Janet Flanner, journalist, New Yorker |
| 1890 | Michael Taube, composer |
| 1888 | Paul Morand, French Diplomat |
| 1887 | Carlos Isamitt, composer |
| 1886 | Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist |
| 1886 | John "Home Run" Baker, hall of famer, hit 2 home run in 1911 world series |
| 1884 | Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer, Bluthochzeit |
| 1884 | Hugh S. Walpole, born in New Zealand, novelist and playwright, Jeremy, Maradick at 40 |
| 1884 | Oskar Loerke, German writer, Longest Day-1926 |
| 1883 | Enrico Toselli, composer |
| 1881 | Balthazar H. Verhagen, Netherlands/South African dramatist and writer |
| 1875 | Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter, Caught Sultane |
| 1872 | Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist |
| 1862 | Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer |
| 1860 | Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, born in Windisch-Graz, Austria, composer |
| 1859 | Ivo Bligh, cricketer, Lord Darnley England captain vs. Australia 1882-83 |
| 1858 | Maximilien Luce, French painter |
| 1855 | Percival "Percy" Lowell, U.S. astronomer, predicted discovery of Pluto |
| 1855 | Percival Lowell, American Scientist |
| 1850 | Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer |
| 1832 | Alberto Randegger, composer |
| 1824 | George Jessel, English Judge |
| 1822 | Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet |
| 1820 | Louis Herbert, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1818 | Albion Parris Howe, Major General Union Army |
| 1798 | Abigail Powers Fillmore, 1st lady, 1850-53 |
| 1781 | Karl F. Schinkel, German architect, painter and writer, Schloss Tegel |
| 1779 | Oliver Shaw, composer |
| 1770 | Daniel Lambert, born in England, giant, weighed 739 lbs, 334 kg, at death |
| 1768 | Charles Louis WJ van Keverberg, Dutch civil servant |
| 1767 | Heinrich Domnich, composer |
| 1764 | Charles Earl Grey, Whig, British Prime Minister, 1830-34 |
| 1752 | Josef Reicha, composer |
| 1746 | Maurus Haberhauer, composer |
| 1744 | David Allan, Scottish painter |
| 1741 | Jozef II, arch duke of Austria/RC German emperor, 1765-90 |
| 1733 | Joseph Priestley, born in England, clergyman and scientist, discovered oxygen |
| 1712 | Isfrid Kayser, composer |
| 1700 | James Kent, composer |
| 1700 | Michel Blavet, composer |
| 1696 | Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal |
| 1615 | Innocent XII, Antonio Pignatelli, Pope, 1691-1700 |
| 1599 | Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit and saint |
| 1548 | Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist and apostole |
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