| 1984 | Christy Romano, American Actress |
| 1976 | Arno Knapen, Dutch soccer player, Holten, FC Twente |
| 1976 | Chester Bennington, American Musician |
| 1975 | Brian Buetsch, born in Rockford, Illinois, figure skater, 1997 Great Lakes Sr champ |
| 1974 | P J Bogart, New York City, diver 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Jane March, born in Edgeware, England, actress, Lover |
| 1973 | Nico Boje, cricketer, South African ODI left-arm spinner 1996 |
| 1973 | Norman Tome, Australian soccer striker, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Shana Zadrick, born in Grand Junction, Colorado, model, Guess Jeans |
| 1972 | Ajah Wilson-Ogechukwu, soccer player, Roda JC |
| 1971 | Janis Kelly, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, volleyball player 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Manny Alexander, born in Dominican Republic, infielder for the Baltimore Orioles |
| 1970 | Kristin Klein, born in Santa Monica, California, volleyball outside hitter 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Ralph Dawkins, NFL running back, NO Saints |
| 1970 | Ron George, NFL linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1970 | Todd Burger, NFL guard for the Chicago Bears |
| 1969 | Caroline Brunet, born in Quebec City Quebec, kayaker, 1996 Olympics silver |
| 1969 | Konstantine Starikovitch, Podolsk Rus, 238lbs U.S. weightlift 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Sharon Manning, WNBA center and forward, Charlotte Sting |
| 1969 | Thang Thanh Nguyen, born in Soc Trang, Vietnam, murderer, FBI Most Wanted |
| 1968 | Eric Viscaal, Dutch soccer star, PSV/AA Gent |
| 1968 | Jurgen Rumrich, born in Miesbach GER, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998 |
| 1968 | Sheree Megan Higgins, born in Matamata New Zealand, golfer, 1991 Bridgestone |
| 1967 | Bryan Genesse, actor, Rocco-Bold and Beautiful, Grady-Street Justice |
| 1967 | Dana Rinehart Dalton, born in Orlando, Florida, Miss Florida-America, 1991 |
| 1967 | Mookie Blaylock, NBA guard for the Atlanta Hawks |
| 1966 | Blas Minor, Merced California, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners |
| 1966 | Giulio Caravatta, CFL quarterback for the BC Lions |
| 1965 | Chris Hoiles, Bowling Green, Ohio, catcher for the Baltimore Orioles |
| 1965 | Danielle Woodward, born in Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics |
| 1964 | Ruth Davidon, born in Baltimore, Maryland, rower, Olympics-6th-96 |
| 1963 | Paul Annacone, born in Southampton, New York, tennis star |
| 1963 | Paul Mirkovich, rock keyboardist, Nelson-Love and Affection |
| 1963 | Ramon Andersson, born in Middle Swan Australia, canoeist, Olympics-br-92, 96 |
| 1963 | David Thewlis, English Actor |
| 1962 | Stephen Sommers, American Director |
| 1961 | John Clark Gable, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Bad Jim |
| 1961 | Kathy Guadagnino, born in Albany, New York, LPGA golfer, 1985 U.S. Women's Open |
| 1961 | Slim Jim Phantom, Jim Mcdonnell, rock drummer, Stray Cats |
| 1959 | Dale Reid, born in Ladybank Scotland, LPGA golfer, European Solheim Cup team |
| 1959 | Richard Drummie, rocker, Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down |
| 1958 | Holly Hunter, born in Atlanta Georgia, actress, Broadcast News, Roe vs Wade |
| 1958 | Rickey Jackson, NFL defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers |
| 1957 | Spike Lee, born in Atlanta, director, Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X |
| 1957 | Theresa Russell, Paup, San Diego, California, actress, Black Widow, Razor's Edge |
| 1956 | Phillip Oppenhein, British MP |
| 1954 | Charlie Simmer, born in Ontario, NHL left winger for the Los Angeles Kings |
| 1954 | Jim Seales, born in Hamilton Ala, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South |
| 1952 | Anand Armitraj, born in India, tennis player, Brother of ViJay |
| 1951 | Guy Perry, rock guitarist and vocalist, Motels-Only the Lonely |
| 1951 | Jimmie Vaughan, guitarist, Fabulous Thunderbirds |
| 1951 | John Wetton, rocker, Asia |
| 1951 | Madan Lal, cricketer, Indian medium pacer in the 70's |
| 1951 | Tanya Boyd, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, Celeste-Days of our Life |
| 1950 | William Hurt, born in Washington D.C., actor, Big Chill, Children of a Lesser God |
| 1948 | Bobby Orr, born in Parry Sound, Ontario, HOF NHL defenseman for the Boston Bruins |
| 1948 | John de Lancie, actor, Q-Star Trek Next Gen, Days of our Lives |
| 1948 | Pamela Sargent, U.S., sci-fi author, Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives |
| 1947 | Carl Palmer, drummer, Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake and Palmer |
| 1947 | John Eastburn Boswell, medievalist |
| 1946 | Ranger Doug, Douglas Green, Illinois, singer, Riders in Sky-Cowboy Way |
| 1945 | Larry Combest, born in Memphis, Texas, Representative-R-Texas 1985 - 2003 |
| 1945 | Pat Riley, born in Schenectady, New York, NBA coach, Lakers, Knicks, Heat |
| 1945 | Tim Yeo, British MP/under-sect, State of Environment |
| 1940 | Vito Picone, rocker, Elegants |
| 1940 | Mary Ellen Mark, American Photographer |
| 1939 | Brian Mulroney, P-C, 18th Prime Minister of Canada, 1984 - 1993 |
| 1939 | Earl of Seafield, Ginger, English large landowner |
| 1938 | Frans J van der Heijden, Dutch journal/Dutch MP, CDA |
| 1937 | Elizabeth Gille, writer translator/editor |
| 1937 | Helmut Recknagel, born in Germany, 90m ski jump, Gold Medal 1960 Olympics |
| 1937 | Jerry Reed, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer/actor, Bat 21, Smokey and the Bandit |
| 1937 | Joe Rivers, rocker, Johnnie and Joe |
| 1937 | Mark Saville, QC, British high court judge |
| 1934 | Eric Hebborn, artist/faker |
| 1934 | Marion Conti, arch bishop, Aberdeen England |
| 1933 | David James Moore, educationalist |
| 1933 | Jacquez Guyonnet, composer |
| 1931 | Antonio Tauriello, composer |
| 1931 | David Montgomery, chairman, British Forestry Commission |
| 1931 | Hal Linden, Harold Lipshitz, actor, Barney Miller, Blacke's Magic |
| 1931 | John Rae, British educator, Conscience and Politics |
| 1928 | Anthony Blond, British publisher, The Publishing Game, Book Book |
| 1928 | Fred Rogers, born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, children TV host, Mr Rogers' Neighborhood |
| 1928 | Hans Kung, Swiss religious theologist |
| 1928 | Jerome Cousins Biffle, born in Denver,Colorado, long jumper, Gold Medal 1952 Olympics |
| 1927 | John Pierre Herman Joubert, composer, Chamber Music for brass quintet |
| 1926 | Ted Bessell, born in Flushing, New York, actor, Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle |
| 1925 | James Pickles, judge |
| 1925 | John D Erlichman, Politician, Nixon aide, Watergate |
| 1925 | John Ehrlichman, American Politician |
| 1923 | Marc Saporta, French writer/essayist, Le Grand Defi |
| 1922 | Arnold Burgen, college president, Academia Europaea |
| 1922 | Carl Reiner, born in Bronx, comedian, 2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show |
| 1922 | Doug Barnard, Jr., born in Augusta, Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1977 - 1993 |
| 1922 | Jack Kruschen, born in Winnipeg, Canada, actor, Papa-Webster, Busting Loose |
| 1922 | Larry Elgart, born in New Haven, Connecticut, bandleader/alto sax, Elgart Orchestra |
| 1922 | Ray Goulding, born in Lowell Massachusetts, comedian, Bob and Ray |
| 1921 | Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general, UNESCO |
| 1921 | Primoz Ramovs, composer |
| 1920 | Douglas G. Chapman, biomathematical statistician |
| 1920 | Marian McPartland, jazz pianist, Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland |
| 1920 | Werner Klemperer, born in Cologne, Germany, actor, Col Klink-Hogan's Heroes |
| 1918 | Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer, Soldiers |
| 1918 | Jack Barry, born in Lindenhurst, New York, game show emcee, Joker's Wild |
| 1917 | Dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter, M Nijhoff Prize 1958 |
| 1917 | Kalervo H. Hortamo, Finnish poet, Sydanmaa |
| 1917 | Peter Caddy, founder, Findhorn Community |
| 1917 | Vera Lynn, singer, Anniversary Waltz |
| 1916 | Pierre Messmer, PM, France |
| 1915 | Rudolf Kirchschlager, president of Austria, 1974-86 |
| 1915 | Svyatoslav Richter, pianist |
| 1914 | Sviatosiav Richter, born in Zhitomir, Ukraine, pianist, Stalin Prize-1945 |
| 1914 | Wendell Corey, born in Dracut, Massachusetts, actor, 11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl |
| 1914 | William Baddeley, rector, St. Jame's Piccadilly |
| 1913 | Judith Evelyn, born in Seneca, South Dakota, actress, 13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window |
| 1911 | Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Dutch actress, Pleasantly Settled |
| 1908 | Frank Stanton, born in Muskegon, Michigan, broadcasting executive, CBS |
| 1908 | Michael Redgrave, Bristol Eng, actor, Browning Version, Lady Vanishes |
| 1908 | Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor, Czardasvorstin |
| 1907 | Hugh MacLennan, Canadian Author |
| 1906 | Abraham Beame, Mayor-D-NYC, New York City's 1st Jewish mayor |
| 1906 | Ozzie Nelson, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet |
| 1906 | Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer |
| 1904 | B[urrhus] F[rederic] Skinner, Pennsylvania, Behaviorism pioneer, Skinner box |
| 1904 | B. F. Skinner, American Psychologist |
| 1903 | Vincent Richards, hall of fame tennis pro, elected 1961 |
| 1902 | Edgar Buchanan, born in Humansville, Missouri, actor, Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction |
| 1902 | Kathryn Forbes, short story writer, mama's bank account |
| 1896 | Hal Walker, Ottumwa, Iowa, director, I Married Joan |
| 1890 | Lauritz Melchior, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, baritone tenor, National Symphony |
| 1888 | S V Vegesack, writer |
| 1885 | Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe |
| 1885 | Hendrik A de Fish, Henri Pauwels, Flemish philological/sociologist |
| 1883 | Colin Campbell, born in Falkirk, Scotland, actress, High Bright Sun, Leather Boys |
| 1883 | Karl Hasse, composer |
| 1882 | Rene Coty, born in Le Harve, France, president of France, 1953-58 |
| 1873 | Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/U.S. pianist/composer, Aleko |
| 1872 | Bernhard Seklas, composer |
| 1872 | Karin Michaelis, writer |
| 1870 | Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician, East Africa |
| 1868 | Obe Postma, Frisian poet/geography/historian, Frisian Clay Farm |
| 1863 | Ernesto Nazareth, composer |
| 1856 | Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management |
| 1856 | Frederick W. Taylor, American Scientist |
| 1853 | George Godfrey, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxer, Old Chocolate |
| 1846 | Auguste Bender, writer |
| 1834 | Charles William Elliot, born in Boston, President of Harvard, 1869-1909 |
| 1834 | Charles W. Eliot, American Educator |
| 1834 | Charles William Eliot, American Educator |
| 1833 | Henry Southwick Perkins, composer |
| 1830 | Eugene Asa Carr, Major General Union Army |
| 1829 | Charles Albert White, composer |
| 1828 | Henrik Ibsen, born in Norway, playwright, Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler |
| 1826 | Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor |
| 1825 | William Nelson Rector Beall, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1823 | John Echols, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1820 | Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia, Wallachia and Romania |
| 1813 | Matthias Keller, born in Ulm, Germany, hymm writer, O Farther un High |
| 1812 | George Bibb Crittenden, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1811 | George Caleb Bingham, U.S., politician/painter, Country Election |
| 1811 | Napoleon FKJ Bonaparte II, Napoleon's son/King of Rome |
| 1804 | Neal Dow, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1799 | Thomas Hewitt Key, English Writer |
| 1774 | John Braham, composer |
| 1770 | Johann Friedrich Holderlin, born in Tubingen, Germany, poet, Der Rhein |
| 1750 | Martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist, Homo Diluvii Testus |
| 1739 | Eligio Celestino, composer |
| 1728 | Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist |
| 1725 | Abdul-Hamid I, 27th sultan of Turkey, 1774-89 |
| 1680 | Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer, Stabat mater |
| 1634 | Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist, Examiner of Comets |
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