| 1982 | Jessica Biel, American Actress |
| 1981 | Bryce Dallas Howard, American Actress |
| 1977 | Chris Martin, American Musician |
| 1976 | Lars Bruggemann, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998 |
| 1975 | Arleen McDonald, Miss USA 1977, Mississippi |
| 1974 | Martine Dessureault, born in Montreal, Quebec, 50m swimmer 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | John Elmore, guard for the Baltimore Ravens |
| 1973 | Paul Popowich, actor, Tommy Tricker and Stamp Traveler |
| 1971 | Amber Smith, born in Tampa, Florida, actress in Faithful, Funeral, Mirror Has 2 Faces |
| 1971 | Donna Perry, born in Glendale, California, playmate November, 1994 |
| 1971 | James Hammerstrand, born in LaMesa California, volleyball middle blocker, 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Ray Hall, NFL defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1971 | Ruffin Hamilton, NFL linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1970 | Kevin Miniefield, NFL defensive back for the Chicago Bears |
| 1970 | Steve Holman, Indianapolis Indiana, miler |
| 1968 | Penny "Stamper" Davis, Carlisle England, Canadian 470 yachter, 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Daniel Craig, English Actor |
| 1967 | Allan Boyko, CFL slot back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1967 | Bruce Boyko, CFL fullback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1967 | Leo Gomez, born in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, infielder for the Chicago Cubs |
| 1966 | Judith Wiesner, born in Hallein, Austria, tennis star, 1994 Schenectady |
| 1966 | Stevie Rachelle, rock vocalist, Tuff-What Comes Around Goes Around |
| 1965 | Ron Gant, Victoria, Texas, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1963 | Suzette Charles, New Jersey, replaced Vanessa Williams as Miss America, 1983 |
| 1962 | Al Del Greco, NFL kicker for the Houston/Tennessee Oilers |
| 1962 | Jon Bon Jovi, born in Sayreville, New Jersey, rocker in Bon Jovi |
| 1962 | Philip Jonas, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Payless-2nd |
| 1962 | Terry Steinbach, born in New Ulm, Minnesota, catcher for the Oakland A's |
| 1959 | Andrew Farriss, born in Australia, rock keyboardist, Inxs-Kiss the Dirt |
| 1959 | Larry Stewart, born in Paducah, Kentucky, country singer, Restless Heart-Wheels |
| 1958 | Ian Woosnam, born in Oswestry, England, nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Wee Welshman', 'Woosers', Welsh, professional golfer, played first European Tour, 1979, won Swiss Open, 1982, number one in Official World Golf Rankings in 1991, awarded O.B.E. 2007 New Years Honors List |
| 1958 | Kevin Curren, South Africa, tennis star |
| 1956 | John Cowsill, born in Newport, Rhode Island, rock drummer, Cowsills-We Can Fly |
| 1956 | Mark Evans, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock bassist, AC/DC |
| 1955 | Dale Bosworth, TV host, America's Most Wanted |
| 1955 | Dale Bozzio, Boston, vocalist, Missing Persons-Destination Unknown |
| 1955 | Jay Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie |
| 1955 | Shoko Asahara, Chizuo Matsumoto, Japanese sect leader |
| 1955 | Steve Small, cricketer, stalwart NSW opening batsman |
| 1955 | Ken Salazar, American Politician |
| 1954 | Stone Phumelele Sizani, South African treasurer, UDF |
| 1953 | William Simmons, sax/keyboardist, Midnight Star-No Parking |
| 1952 | Laraine Newman, born in Los Angeles, California, comedienne and actress on Saturday Night Live |
| 1951 | Cassie Yates, born in Macon, Georgia, actress, Osterman Weekend, Dynasty |
| 1950 | Karen Carpenter, born in New Haven, Connecticut, vocalist and drummer, We Only Just Begun |
| 1950 | Mitchel Laurance, actor, LA Law, Not Necessarily the News |
| 1949 | Eddie Money, Mahoney, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and guitarist, Take Me Home Tonight |
| 1949 | Gates McFadden, actress, Beverly Crusher on Star Trek Next Generation |
| 1949 | Rory Gallagher, born in Donegal, Ireland, rock guitarist, See Here |
| 1948 | Larry Carlton, rock composer, Against All Odds, Who's the Boss |
| 1948 | Rory Gallagher, rock guitarist |
| 1947 | John Dawkins, Australian Politician |
| 1946 | Brian J. Donnelly, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1979 - 1993 |
| 1945 | Gordon Thompson, born in Ottawa Canada, actor, Adam Carrington-Dynasty |
| 1945 | Joy Garrett, actress, Jo-Days of Our Lives |
| 1944 | Katherine Crawford, actress, Captains and Kings, Gemini Man |
| 1944 | Leif Segerstam, born in Vaasa, Finland, composer, chief conductor, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra 1995 - 2007, professor Sibelius Academy |
| 1943 | Geogre Benson, jazz/blues guitarist, Breezin', This Masquerade |
| 1943 | Gordon Black, English industrialist |
| 1943 | Rosa DeLauro, born in New Haven, Connecticut, Representative-D-Connecticut 1991 - |
| 1943 | Stephen Dickman, composer |
| 1943 | Peter Straub, American Writer |
| 1942 | John Irving, born in New Hampshire, short-story writer, wrote World According to Garp |
| 1942 | Lou Reed, Firbank, Freeport, New York, rock vocalist in the Velvet Underground |
| 1942 | Tony Meehan, born in New End, England, born Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan, musician, drummer, founding member of the Shadows with Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris |
| 1940 | Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, chairman, South Africa Progressive Federal Party, 1979-86 |
| 1939 | Barbara Luna, born in New York City, actress, 5 Weeks in a Balloon, Gentle Savage |
| 1939 | Gerard van Tongeren, Dutch singer, Buffoons |
| 1938 | Alan Lewis, English textile factory/multi-millionaire |
| 1938 | Donald Schwall, baseball player, 1961 AL rookie of year |
| 1938 | Simon Estes, born in Centerville, Iowa, bass/baritone, Wonton, Don Carlos |
| 1938 | Ricardo Lagos, born in Santiago, Chile, politician, lawyer, Socialist Party, Party for Democracy, 33rd President of Chile, professor, Brown University |
| 1937 | Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Statesman |
| 1936 | Henny Boskamp, Hoelscher, actor, Troeleke |
| 1935 | Al Waxman, born in Toronto, Canada, actor, Cagney and Lacey, Meatballs 3, Spasms |
| 1934 | Bernard Rands, born in Sheffield, England, composer, Wildtrack |
| 1934 | Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, NFLer |
| 1931 | Duane E. Graveline, born in Newport, Vermont, astronaut |
| 1931 | Mikhail Gorbachev, born in Privolnoye, U.S.S.R., Soviet Secretary General from 1985 - 1991 |
| 1931 | Tom Wolfe, Richmond Virginia, journalist and author, wrote The Right Stuff |
| 1930 | Jan van Noor, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA |
| 1930 | John Cullum, born in Knoxville, actor, Hamlet, Hawaii, Northern Exposure |
| 1928 | Philip K. Dick, writer of Blade Runner, Minority Report |
| 1927 | Siegfried Kohler, composer |
| 1927 | Witold Szalonec, composer |
| 1926 | Murray Rothbard, American Economist |
| 1924 | Albert TLCA Vogel, Dutch elocutionist |
| 1924 | Renos Apostolidis, Greek author and poet, Katigoro |
| 1923 | "Doc" Watson, bluegrass musician |
| 1923 | Don Taylor, cricketer, New Zealand 3 Tests, Auck stands w/Sutcliffe in Wisden |
| 1923 | Robert H. Michel, born in Peoria, Illinois, Representative-R-Illinois 1957 - 1995 |
| 1922 | Eric Feldbush, composer |
| 1922 | Mario Zafred, composer |
| 1921 | Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson, composer |
| 1921 | Ernst Haas, Austrian Photographer |
| 1920 | Enrique Franco, composer |
| 1919 | Eddie Lawrence, comedian |
| 1919 | Jennifer Jones, Phyllis Isley, born in Oklahoma, actress, Farewell to Arms |
| 1919 | Tamara Toumanova, dancer |
| 1918 | Peter O'Sullevan, born in Ireland, horse racing commentator |
| 1917 | Desi Arnaz, born in Santiago Cuba, actor, I Love Lucy |
| 1917 | Jim Konstanty, baseball player, NL MVP 1950 |
| 1917 | John Gardner, composer |
| 1916 | Anne Vondeling, Dutch politician, PvdA |
| 1916 | Bernard George Stevens, composer |
| 1915 | Lona Andre, actress, Case of Baby Sitter |
| 1914 | Martin Ritt, American Actor |
| 1913 | Godfried [Jan Arnold] Bomans, Dutch humorist and writer, Pieter Bas |
| 1913 | Marjorie Weaver, born in Crossville, Tennessee, actress, Young Mr. Lincoln |
| 1913 | Mort Cooper, baseball player, NL MVP 1942 |
| 1912 | Arthur Beaumont C. Langton, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler of 1930's |
| 1911 | William Hansen, born in Washington, actor, Homebodies |
| 1910 | Hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector |
| 1909 | Hanoch Jacoby, composer |
| 1909 | Jan Fabricius, Dutch playwright |
| 1909 | Mel Ott, 1st NLer to hit 500 home runs, hall of famer for the New York Giants |
| 1908 | Jan Brasser, Dutch resistance fighter, Witte Ko, communist |
| 1905 | Marc Blitzstein, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, composer, Cradle Will Rock |
| 1904 | Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss, children's author, "Horton Hears a Who!" |
| 1902 | Edward Uhler Condon, atomic scientist, Manhattan Project |
| 1901 | Willem Bruynzeel, Dutch timber-merchant |
| 1900 | Kurt J. Weill, born in Dessau, Germany, composer and Brecht collaborator, Mahogany |
| 1899 | Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian dame |
| 1895 | Felix Bressart, born in Germany, actor, Ninotchka, Escape, Crossroads |
| 1894 | Renaat Veremans, Flemish composer and conductor |
| 1893 | Maxime Dumoulin, composer |
| 1884 | Leon Jongen, composer |
| 1882 | Wallis Clark, born in Essex, England, actress, Postal Inspector |
| 1878 | Wander J de Haas, Dutch physicist and son-in-law of Lorentz |
| 1876 | Gosta Forsell, Swedish radiologist |
| 1876 | Pius XII, Euhenio MGG Pacelli, 260th Pope, 1939-58 |
| 1875 | Hans Lietzman, German theologist and church historian |
| 1862 | John Jay Chapman, U.S. advocate/poet/writer, Learning and Other Essays |
| 1859 | Sholom Aleichem, Russian Writer |
| 1844 | Hermanus J. A. M. Schaepman, clergyman and Dutch politician |
| 1838 | David Duffle Wood, composer |
| 1836 | John W. Foster, American Soldier |
| 1836 | Henry Billings Brown, American Judge |
| 1829 | Carl Schurz, Major General Union volunteers and journalist |
| 1828 | Jefferson Columbus Davis, Major General Union Army |
| 1824 | Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Bohemian composer, Bartered Bride, Moldau |
| 1824 | Constantine D. Uschinsky, Russian theorist |
| 1824 | Henry Beebee Carrington, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1821 | George Linnaeus Banks, English Writer |
| 1820 | Multatuli, born in Amsterdam, Eduard Douwes Dekker, writer, named most important Dutch writer of all time, 2002, Society for Dutch literature |
| 1817 | Janos Arany, born in Hungary, epic poet, Toldi, Death of King Buda |
| 1815 | Antonio Buzzolla, composer |
| 1813 | George Alexander Macfarren, composer |
| 1810 | Leo XIII, Vincenzo G Pecci, 256th pope, 1878-1903 |
| 1793 | Samuel Houston, 1st president of Texas, 1836-38, 1841-44 |
| 1769 | DeWitt Clinton, Gov/Sen-NY |
| 1760 | Camille Desmoulins, born in France, journalist, pamphleteer and revolution leader |
| 1759 | Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer |
| 1755 | Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer |
| 1710 | David Wooster, American Soldier |
| 1609 | Hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish literary, Djihannuma |
| 1555 | Ludovico Spontoni, composer |
| 1545 | Thomas Bodley, England, diplomat and scholar |
| 1481 | Franz von Sickingen, German knight |
| 1459 | Adrian VI, Adriaan F Boeyens, born in Netherlands, Pope, 1522-23 |
| 1409 | John II, French duke of Aleneon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc |
| 1316 | Robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland, 1371-90 |
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