| 1980 | Liriel Higa, born in Los Angeles, California, rhythmic gymnast 1996 Olympics |
| 1979 | Norah Jones, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, singer, jazz artist album, 'Come Away with Me', won five Grammy awards, sold more than 40 million albums worldwide |
| 1978 | Wendy Christina Roberts, Miss South Carolina Teen USA, 1996 |
| 1976 | Chris Canty, cornerback for the New England Patriots |
| 1976 | Toby Gowin, punter for the Dallas Cowboys |
| 1974 | Martin Love, cricketer, high scoring Queensland batsman, Australia 1995 |
| 1973 | Caroline Ramagos, Miss Mississippi USA, 1996 |
| 1973 | Kareem Streete-Thompson, born in Ithaca, New York, 100m/long jumper |
| 1973 | Melinda Penn, Miss British virgin islands Universe, 1997 |
| 1973 | Rodney Thomas, running back for the Tennessee Oilers |
| 1972 | Brenden Stai, NFL guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1972 | Matt Joyce, NFL/WLAF guard/tackle, Cardinals, Seahawks, Claymores |
| 1972 | Peggy Zlotkowski, Miss France-Universe, 1989 |
| 1971 | Mari Holden, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | George Coghill, WLAF safety for the Scottish Claymores |
| 1970 | Mark Consuelos, born in Zaragosa, Spain, actor, Mateo Santos-All My Children |
| 1970 | Secreteriat, race horse, triple crown, 1973 |
| 1970 | Shane Bertsch, born in Denver, Colorado, Nike golfer, 1994 Permina Basin Open-14th |
| 1969 | Marco Foddis, pop drummer, Pestilence |
| 1969 | Mark Astley, Calgary, NHL defenseman for the Buffalo Sabres |
| 1968 | Celine Dion, born in Quebec, Canada, singer, I'm Your Woman |
| 1968 | Donna D'Errico, born in Dothan, Alabama, playmate, Sep, 1995 |
| 1967 | Ian Ziering, born in West Orange, New Jersey, actor, Steve Sanders-Beverly Hills 90210 |
| 1967 | Julie Richardson, born in Auckland New Zealand, tennis star, 1992 Futures-Canberra |
| 1965 | Karel Novacek, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1994 Hilversum |
| 1965 | Piers Morgan, born in England, editor of tabloids, the Daily Mirror, News of the World, judge on television show, 'Britain's Got Talent' and 'America's Got Talent' |
| 1964 | Corey Millen, Cloquet, NHL center for the Calgary Flames |
| 1964 | Dave Ellett, Cleveland, NHL defenseman for the Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1964 | Tracy Chapman, U.S. singer and songwriter, Freedom Now, I Got a Fast Car |
| 1963 | Jenny Lidback, born in Lima, Peru, LPGA golfer, 1995 du Maurier Ltd Classic |
| 1963 | Lomas Brown, NFL tackle, Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals |
| 1962 | M C Hammer, Stanley Kirk Burrell, born in Oakland California, rapper, Hammer Time |
| 1960 | William D. Johnson, U.S. alpine skier |
| 1959 | Daniel Seifried, born in Kitchener Ontario, Canadia Tour golfer, 1981 Thunder Bay |
| 1958 | Joseph Paul Sindelar, born in Ft. Knox, Kentucky, PGA golfer, BC Open-1985, 87 |
| 1957 | Elena V. Kondakova, born in Moscow, Russia, cosmonaut, STS-84 |
| 1957 | Paul Reiser, born in New York City, actor, My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You |
| 1957 | Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM 20, STS-84 |
| 1955 | Randy Wanwarmer, born in Denver, vocalist, Just When I Needed You Most |
| 1951 | John Gosden, born in Sussex, England, racehorse trainer, trained Nannina, winner, 2005 Filles' Mile and 2006 Coronation Stakes, and 2008 Breeders' Cup Classic |
| 1950 | Dave McCurdy, born in Canadian, Texas, Representative-D-Oklahoma 1981 - 1995 |
| 1950 | Eugene Bowen, composer, Wonder's Edge |
| 1950 | Rupert Greenall, rock keyboardist, Fixx |
| 1950 | Robbie Coltrane, Scottish Actor |
| 1949 | Leslie Joan Corn, theatre producer, director and writer |
| 1949 | Sue Cook, British broadcaster |
| 1948 | Dave Ball, rocker, Procul Harum |
| 1948 | Jim Dandy Mangrum, vocalist, Black Oak Arkansas-Jim Dandy |
| 1948 | Justin Deas, born in Pennsylvania, actor, Dream Lover, Montana, Intimate Strangers |
| 1948 | M. A. King, FBA, economist |
| 1948 | Nigel Jones, born in Chelenham, England, politician, Liberal Democrat, Member of Parliament for Cheltenham 1992 - 2005 |
| 1945 | Eric Clapton, born in Ripley, England, singer/guitarist, Tears in Heaven |
| 1944 | Gerrit Komrij, Dutch poet/essayist, Happy Schizo |
| 1943 | Bob Blewett, cricketer, father of Greg South Australia batsman 1975-79 |
| 1943 | Jay Traynor, rocker, Jay and The Americans |
| 1942 | George Esson, Chief Constable, Dumfries and Galloway |
| 1942 | Graeme Edge, born in England, rock drummer, Moody Blues-Your Wildest Dreams |
| 1941 | Brendan O'Friel, CEO, Prison Governors Association |
| 1941 | Robert C. Smith, born in Trenton, New Jersey, Representative-R-New Hampshire, 1985 - 1990, Senator-R-New Hampshire 1990- 2003 |
| 1941 | Ron Johnston, Vice-Chancellor, Essex U |
| 1941 | Sven Hamrin, born in Sweden, road race cycler, 1964 Olympics bronze |
| 1940 | Astrud Gilberto, born in Brazil, singer, Girl From Ipanema |
| 1940 | Jerry Lucas, born in Middletown, Ohio, NBA center, 1960 Olympics gold, New York Knicks |
| 1940 | Norman Gifford, cricketer, respected England slow left-armer 1964-73 |
| 1937 | J S Jennings, CEO, Shell Transport and Trading Co |
| 1937 | Jay W. Macintosh, born in Gainesville, Georgia, actress, Sons and Daughters |
| 1937 | Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth |
| 1937 | Warren Beatty, born in Richmond, Virginia, actor, Bonnie and Clyde,Shampoo, Dick Tracy |
| 1936 | Mark Burns, British director, Juggernaut |
| 1936 | Richard Baker, born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Zen teacher, Dharma Sangha |
| 1935 | Gordon Mumma, born in Framingham, Massachusetts, composer, musician, co-founder, the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 1935 | John Charles Eaton, composer |
| 1934 | Simon Mackay, born in Scotland, born Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw of Tanlawhill in the County of Dumfries, Lord Tannlaw, crossbench member of the House of Lords, director or family company Inchape |
| 1933 | Jean-Claude Brialy, born in Aumale, Algeria, actor, Circle of Love, Cousins |
| 1932 | A J Zuckerman, Dean, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine |
| 1932 | Ted Morgan, American Writer |
| 1931 | Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut |
| 1931 | Harold Burrage, U.S. singer and pianist, Hi Yo Silver |
| 1931 | Sandor Szokolay, composer |
| 1930 | Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, born in England, life peer as Baron Browne-Wilkinson, studied at Lancing College and Magdalen College, Oxford, former head of the Privy Council and Vice-Chancellor of the High Court |
| 1930 | David Staple, joint President, Council of Churches for British and Ireland |
| 1930 | John Astin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Addams Family |
| 1930 | Rolf Harris, Australian/British cartoonist |
| 1929 | Richard Dysart, born in Brighton, Massachusetts, actor, Leland MacKenzie-LA Law |
| 1929 | Shirley Stoler, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Frankenhooker, 7 Beauties |
| 1928 | Diether de la Motte, composer |
| 1928 | Richard Trant, British general |
| 1928 | Tom Sharpe, English historian/author, Riotous Assembly, Want |
| 1927 | Lord Armstrong of Ilminster |
| 1927 | Peter Marshall, born in Huntington, West Virginia, TV game show host, Hollywood Squares |
| 1927 | Wally Grout, cricketer, great Aussie wicket-keeper |
| 1926 | John Heddle Nash, singer |
| 1926 | Rayner Goddard, born in England, Lord Goddard, Baron Goddard, judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, known for his strict conservative rulings |
| 1926 | Ray McAnally, born in Ireland, actor, My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian |
| 1926 | Werner Torkanowsky, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor, New Orleans Symph |
| 1925 | John Wells, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Maidstone, educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| 1924 | Milko Kelemen, composer |
| 1923 | Herbert Asmodi, writer |
| 1922 | German Germanovich Galinin, composer |
| 1922 | J F Coates, naval architect |
| 1922 | Peter Jona Korn, composer |
| 1921 | Countess of Sutherland, English great land owner/multi-millionaire |
| 1921 | Kan Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, famous for Symphonia Ainu, inspired by national primitivism, wrote orchestral and vocal music for film and stage, including music for science-fiction film Gorath |
| 1921 | Oto Ferenczy, composer |
| 1920 | Turhan Bey, born in Vienna, Austria, actor, Dragon Seed, Ali Baba and 40 Thieves |
| 1919 | McGeorge Bundy, born in Boston, national security adviser, John F. Kennedy |
| 1919 | Ramsay Ames, actress, G-Men Never Forget, Ali Baba and 40 Thieves |
| 1918 | John Gray, FRS/marine biologist |
| 1918 | Joseph Allen, Jr., born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Death of a Champion |
| 1917 | Els Aarne, born in Ukraine, Estonian composer, pianist, composed chamber music for violoncello and double bass, wrote two symphonies, studied with composer Heino Eller |
| 1917 | Herbert Anderson, actor, Henry-Dennis The Menace |
| 1917 | Rudolf Bruci, composer |
| 1914 | Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee, blues musician, Down and Out Blues |
| 1913 | Frankie Laine, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide |
| 1913 | Gottfried Reinhardt, theatre producer |
| 1913 | Richard Helms, CIA head, 1966-73 |
| 1913 | Richard M. Helms, American Celebrity |
| 1912 | Andrew Rodger Waterson, scholar/naturalist |
| 1912 | Jack Cowie, cricketer, successful New Zealand fast bowler either side of WWII |
| 1909 | Ernst Gombrich, OM/FBA/director, Warburg Institute |
| 1908 | Camille Schmit, composer |
| 1908 | Kurt Bruggemann, composer |
| 1908 | Leslie O'Brien "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith, Chinese cricket bowler |
| 1905 | Mikio Oda, Japan, triple jumper, 1928 Olympics gold |
| 1904 | Akarova, Marguerite Acarin, Belgian dancer, Les Biches |
| 1903 | Countee Cullen, U.S. poet, Color, Ballad of the Brown Girl |
| 1903 | Sol C Siegel, U.S., producer, High Society, Gentlemen prefer blondes |
| 1899 | Irving Thalberg, U.S. producer, MGM |
| 1898 | Joyce Carey, English actress, Black Windmill |
| 1895 | Jean Giono, French writer, World Chant |
| 1894 | Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder, Ilyushin |
| 1892 | Erwin Panofsky, German and U.S. art historian |
| 1892 | Stefan Banach, Polish Mathematician |
| 1891 | Jan B. Cammans, Flemish actor, Brothers Karamazov |
| 1888 | Anna Q. Nilsson, born in Sweden, actress, Shenandoah, Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| 1887 | Albert P. Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor, Charles the Great |
| 1886 | Stanislaw Lesniewski, Poland, logician and mathematician |
| 1883 | Jo Davidson, U.S., sculptor, Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman |
| 1882 | Melanie Klein, Austrian/British psycho analysis |
| 1880 | Sean O'Casey, born in Ireland, playwright, 'Juno and the Paycock' and 'The Plough and the Stars' |
| 1876 | Clifford Whittingham Beers, U.S., mental hygiene pioneer |
| 1872 | Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, composer |
| 1865 | Heinrich Rubens, German physicist |
| 1864 | Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist and politician |
| 1853 | Vincent Van Gogh, born in Zundert, Netherlands, Dutch painter |
| 1844 | Paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet, Sagesse Bonbeur |
| 1844 | Paul Verlaine, French Poet |
| 1842 | Dr. Crawford Long, 1st physician to use ether as anesthetic |
| 1842 | John Fiske, Edmund Fisk Green, U.S. historian and philosopher |
| 1836 | Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German industrialist and politician |
| 1835 | Bernhard Scholz, composer |
| 1832 | Roger Q. Mills, American Politician |
| 1830 | Auguste Tolbecque, composer |
| 1830 | Julius F A Bahnsen, German philosopher |
| 1825 | Samuel Bell Maxey, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1824 | Innis Newton Palmer, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1823 | Joseph Farmer Knipe, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1820 | Anna Sewell, English Writer |
| 1815 | Wincenty Studzinski, composer |
| 1811 | Angelo Catelani, Italian composer and conductor |
| 1805 | Adrien de La Fage, composer |
| 1804 | Salomon Sulzer, composer |
| 1790 | Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral Union Navy |
| 1772 | Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer |
| 1750 | John Stafford Smith, composer |
| 1746 | Francisco Jose de Goya, Fuendetodos Spain, painter/etcher, Naked Maja |
| 1727 | Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer/band leader, Farnace |
| 1719 | John Hawkins, born in England, wrote 1st history of music |
| 1697 | John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor |
| 1687 | Johann Balthasar Freisslich, composer |
| 1681 | Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver |
| 1674 | Jethro Tull, agricultural writer, Basildon, baptised |
| 1672 | Peter I "the Great" Romanov, great tsar of Russia, 1682-1725 |
| 1432 | Mehmed II, Sultan of Turkey, 1451 - 1481 |
| 1222 | Nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest and saint |
| 1135 | Maimonides, Moses Ben Maimon, Corodoba Spain, philosopher and physician |
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