| 1981 | Ellen Muth, American Actress |
| 1977 | Bubba Sparxxx, American Musician |
| 1974 | Beanie Sigel, American Musician |
| 1973 | Brian Olson, born in Tallahassee, Florida, middleweight, 189 lbs, judoka, 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Greg Ostertag, NBA center, for the Utah Jazz |
| 1973 | Michael Finley, NBA guard and forward, for the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks |
| 1973 | Terry Adams, born in Mobile, Alabama, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs |
| 1972 | Jamal Anderson, fullback for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1972 | Paul Frlan, CFL linebacker, for the Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 1972 | Shaquille O'Neal, born in Newark, New Jersey, NBA center for the Magic, Lakers, won 1996 Olympic gold |
| 1972 | Susan Alexander, born in Silver Spring, Maryland, Miss America Maryland, 1997 |
| 1971 | Darrick Martin, NBA guard for the Los Angeles Clippers and Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 1971 | Roger Salkeld, born in Burbank, California, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds |
| 1970 | Amy Pietz, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, actress, Annie-Caroline In the City |
| 1970 | Robbie Tobeck, NFL guard/center for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1970 | Scott Stahoviak, born in Waukegan, Ilinois, infielder for the Minnesota Twins |
| 1969 | Andrea Elson, born in New York City, actress, Lynn-Alf, Alice-Whiz Kids |
| 1969 | Deems May, NFL tight end for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1968 | Carla McGhee, born in Peoria, Illinois, U.S. basketball forward, won Olympic gold in 1996 |
| 1968 | Connie Britton, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Nikki-Spin City |
| 1968 | Jon Baker, WLAF defensive end, Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1968 | Marty Morgan, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 180 lbs greco-roman wrestler, 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Moira Kelly, born in Queens, New York, actress, director, played Mandy Hampton in the television series, The West Wing, and Karen Roe on the show, One Tree Hill |
| 1968 | Russell Butler, born in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, diver, Olympics 28th-88, 96 |
| 1967 | Shuler Hensley, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, actor, films include, 'The Legend of Zorro', 'Van Helsing', 'Ed' |
| 1966 | Cliff Meidl, born in Redondon Beach California, sprint kayak, alternate in 1996 Olympics |
| 1966 | Michelle Edwards, WNBA guard, Cleveland Rockers |
| 1966 | Alan Davies, born in Loughton, England, actor, writer, comedian, star in 'Jonathan Creek' television series |
| 1965 | Tammy Liley, born in Long Beach, California, volleyball mid blocker/captain, Olympics b-1992, 1996 |
| 1964 | Cher Butler, born in Garland, Texas, playmate August, 1985 |
| 1964 | Reniet Vrieze, rock singer and guitarist, Pilgrims-White Men |
| 1963 | Suzanne Crough, rocker, Partridge Family |
| 1962 | Alison Nicholas, Gibraltar, LPGA golfer, 1995 LPGA Corning Classic |
| 1960 | Sleepy Floyd, born in Gastonia, North Carolina, professional basketball player, guard, played for Georgetown University, the New Jersey Nets, the Houston Rockets |
| 1959 | Tom Arnold, born in Iowa, actor, Tom, True Lies |
| 1957 | Mike Gatting, born in Kingsbury, England, cricketer, played for the Middlesex County Cricket Club, ECB Managing Director of Cricket Partnerships |
| 1956 | Peter Roebuck, cricketer, Somerset opening batsman and SMH writer |
| 1953 | Jackie Zeman, born in Englewood, New Jersey, actress, Bobbie-General Hospital |
| 1952 | Lyn Perrin, executive administrator, WIC |
| 1949 | Donald York, rocker, Sha Na Na |
| 1948 | James FCS "Jim" Woude, cartoonist |
| 1947 | Dick Fosbury, born in Portland Oregon, high jumper, won Olympic gold in 1968 |
| 1947 | Judy Loe, born in Urmston Manchester, United Kingdom, actress, Singles, Meaning of Life |
| 1947 | Kiki Dee, born in Yorkshire, England, singer, Don't Go Breaking My Heart |
| 1947 | John Stossel, American Journalist |
| 1946 | David Jon Gilmour, rock guitarist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall |
| 1946 | Martin Kove, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Victor-Cagney and Lacey |
| 1946 | Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, born in Cameroon, astronaut, STS-18 |
| 1946 | Tony Klatka, rocker, Blood, Sweat and Tears |
| 1946 | David Gilmour, British Musician |
| 1945 | Anna Maria Horsford, New York City, actress, Thelma Frye-Amen |
| 1945 | Hugh Grundy, born in Winchester England, drummer, Zombies-She's Not There |
| 1945 | Rob Reiner, born in Bronx New York, actor and director, All in the Family, Stand By Me |
| 1944 | David Gilmore, born in Cambridge, England, guitarist, Pink Floyd |
| 1944 | Kiri Te Kanawa, born in Gisborne, New Zealand, operatic soprano, Don Giovanni |
| 1944 | Mary Wilson, born in Detroit, Michigan, vocalist, Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go |
| 1941 | Ann Winterton, British MP |
| 1941 | Ben Murphy, born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, actor, Name of the Game, Winds of War |
| 1941 | Karyn Kupcinet, actress, Carol-Gertrude Berg Show |
| 1940 | Joanna Miles, born in Nice, France, actress, Cross Creek, Delta County USA |
| 1940 | Willie Stargell, outfielder/1st baseman, Pirates, 1971 NL home run leader |
| 1939 | Christopher Bond, Sen-R Missouri |
| 1939 | David Spielberg, born in Weslaco, Texas, actor, Jessica Novak, The Practice |
| 1939 | Jerry Naylor, born in Stephenville, Texas, rock vocalist, Crickets |
| 1939 | Adam Osborne, born in Thailand, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation |
| 1939 | Kit Bond, American Politician |
| 1938 | Lovelace Watkins, born in New Jersey, nicknamed, 'The Black Sinatra', singer, considered the greatest male soul singer of his time |
| 1937 | Doug Dillard, actor, Clem-Popeye |
| 1937 | Ivan Boesky, Detroit, stockbroker inside trading |
| 1937 | Paul Mefano, born in France, composer, conductor, founded Ensemble 2e2m, premiered over 500 works by young composers, including James Dillon and Franco Donatoni, directed the Conservatory of Versailles 1996 - 2005 |
| 1937 | Valentina V Tereshkova-Nikolayev, 1st woman in space, Vostok 6 |
| 1936 | A "Bram" Stemerdink, Dutch minister of Defense, PvdA |
| 1936 | Jean Boht, actress, Arthur's Hallowed Ground |
| 1936 | Marion S. Barry, Mayor-D-Washington D.C., 1979-90, 95, drug indictment |
| 1936 | Marion Barry, American Politician |
| 1935 | Ronnie Delaney, born in Ireland, 1500m runner, Gold Medal 1956 Olympics |
| 1934 | John Noakes, British TV presenter |
| 1933 | Dorothy "Dolly" Ann Collins, folk musician and composer |
| 1933 | Heiko Wierenga, Dutch soc-dem mayor of Enschede, 1977-94 |
| 1933 | Kim Elgie, cricketer, South African bat vs. New Zealand 1961-62, Scotland RU International |
| 1933 | William Davis, author/broadcaster, Battle at Bull Run |
| 1932 | Bronislaw Geremek, born in Warsaw, given name Benjamin Lewertow, social historian, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1931 | Carmen Delavallade, U.S. dancer/singer/actress, Aida |
| 1931 | David Haddon Whitaker, British publisher, Whitaker's Almanack |
| 1931 | John Smith, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Cimarron City, Laramie, 7 Angry Men |
| 1929 | David Sheppard, bishop, Liverpool, cricketer, England batsman |
| 1929 | Gunter Kunert, German poet/writer, Kaiser von Hondu |
| 1929 | Hal Miller, British MP |
| 1929 | Ho Dam, North Korean Secretary of State, 1970 - 1983 |
| 1929 | Tom Foley, born in Spokane, Washington, Representative-D-Washington 1965 - 1995, majority whip and speaker of house |
| 1928 | Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Col, novelist, Europa Y America, Nobel 1982 |
| 1928 | Ronald Stevenson, composer |
| 1927 | John Fairchild, born in Newark, New Jersey, CEO, Fairchild publishing |
| 1927 | Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USAF/astronaut, Mer 9, Gem 5 |
| 1927 | Norman Treigle, New Orleans Louisiana, bass-baritone |
| 1927 | William J. Bell, born in Chicago, Illinois, soap opera creator, Young and Restless |
| 1927 | Gordon Cooper, American Astronaut |
| 1926 | Alan Greenspan, economist and presidential advisor, Federal Reserve Bank |
| 1926 | Andrzej Wajda, born in Suwalki, Poland, director, Ashes and Diamonds, Lotna |
| 1926 | Ann Curtis, 400m/800m U.S. swimmer, Gold Medal 1948 Olympics |
| 1926 | Elwood Hillis, born in Kokomo, Indiana, Representative-R-Indiana 1971 - 1987 |
| 1926 | Jon Nordal, composer |
| 1926 | Miroslav Klega, composer |
| 1924 | Sarah Caldwell, born in Maryville, Missouri, conductor/opera director, Flagstaff |
| 1924 | William H. Webster, U.S., judge and head FBI/CIA |
| 1924 | William Hedgcock Webster, American Public Servant |
| 1923 | Ed McMahon, born in Detroit, Michigan, TV host, Johnny Carson Show, Star Search |
| 1923 | Erhard Karkoschka, composer |
| 1923 | Raymond "Bill" Hoffenberg, college president, Wolfson at Oxford |
| 1922 | Frankie Howerd, British actor/comedian, A Funny Thing Happened |
| 1921 | Frankie Howerd, actor, That Was The Week That Was, Runaway Bus |
| 1921 | Julius Rudel, born in Vienna Austria, conductor, New York City Opera 1957 |
| 1921 | Oliver Wright, British Ambassador, To U.S. |
| 1921 | Ross Hunter, born in Cleveland, Ohio, producer, Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk |
| 1920 | Lewis Gilbert, born in London, England, director/actor, You Only Live Twice |
| 1920 | Roger Price, born in Charleston, West Virginia, actor and writer, Who's There, Droodles |
| 1917 | J. A. Mommersteeg, Dutch assistant secretary of Defense, KVP |
| 1917 | Roy Scott, cricketer, one Test New Zealand vs. England 1947, 18, 1-74 |
| 1916 | Rochelle Hudson, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actress, That's My Boy |
| 1914 | Kirill P. Kondrashin, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, Hollywood Bowl 1981 |
| 1913 | David Bowman, trade unionist |
| 1913 | Ella Logan, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, 52nd Street, Goldwyn Follies |
| 1912 | Madge Adam, astronomer |
| 1911 | Charles Frank, physicist |
| 1911 | Roland Jacobi Leich, composer |
| 1909 | Dave Clark, music promoter and songwriter |
| 1909 | Obafemi Awolowo, born in Nigeria, President of Nigeria, 1979-83 |
| 1906 | Bob Wills, born in Texas, actor, Lone Prairie, Tornado in the Saddle |
| 1906 | Lou Costello, born in Paterson, New Jersey, comedian and actor, Abbott and Costello |
| 1904 | Hugh Williams, actor and writer, Charley's Aunt, Bank Holiday |
| 1904 | Johannes C "Chris" Baay, Dutch actor, Klatergoud, Surprise Raid |
| 1903 | Elizabeth Pinkston Becker, U.S., platform diver, Gold Medal 1928 Olympics |
| 1901 | Mark Donskoy, born in Odessa, Russia, director, Heart of a Mother |
| 1900 | John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian, University of London |
| 1900 | Ludwig Donath, born in Vienna Austria, actor, Torn Curtain, Sirocco |
| 1900 | Robert "Lefty" Grove, baseball pitcher, 300 game winner |
| 1898 | Hal Hooker, cricketer, NSW pace bowler of 20's and 30's |
| 1898 | Jay C. Flippen, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, actor, Jet Pilot, Killing, Thunder Bay |
| 1898 | Jimmy Conzelman, NFL quarterback/coach/team owner, Chicago |
| 1898 | Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano, Matthaus Passion |
| 1897 | Knudage Riisager, Port Kunda Estonia, Danish composer, Quaarrtsiluni |
| 1893 | Kathleen Smoothy, housewife, last link to Siege of SIdney Street |
| 1893 | Furry Lewis, father of the blues |
| 1891 | Victor Kilian, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Gentleman's Agreement |
| 1890 | Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator/theory, Orfeo |
| 1887 | Henri Gagnon, composer |
| 1885 | Ring Lardner, U.S., writer, You Know Me Al |
| 1882 | Guy Kibbee, born in El Paso, Texas, actor, Big Shot |
| 1870 | Oscar Straus, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, Ein Walzertraum |
| 1852 | Joseph Bayer, composer |
| 1844 | Nicolai Rimski-Korsakov, composer, Flight of the Bumble Bee, NS 3/18 |
| 1843 | Artur Napoleao dos Santos, composer |
| 1835 | Charles Ewing, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1835 | Ludwik Grossman, composer |
| 1831 | Friedrich C. K. von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, Home Mission |
| 1831 | Philip Henry Sheridan, born in Albany, New York, Major General, Union Army |
| 1820 | Horatio Gouverneur Wright, Major General, Union volunteers |
| 1812 | Aaron Lufkin Dennison, father of American watchmaking |
| 1806 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet, Sonnets from the Portuguese |
| 1797 | Gerrit Smith, American Politician |
| 1793 | Bernhard Joseph Klein, composer |
| 1791 | Anna Claypoole Peale, painted miniatures |
| 1787 | Joseph von Fraunhofer, born in Germany, physicist, studied Sun's spectrum |
| 1785 | Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer |
| 1779 | Philipp Roth, composer |
| 1765 | Jan Kops, Dutch agronomist/vicar |
| 1763 | Jean Xavier Lefevre, composer |
| 1761 | Earl d'Andreossi, French general and member of parliament |
| 1740 | Giovanni Meli, Siclian poet, Buccolica |
| 1724 | Henry Laurens, American Politician |
| 1710 | Giuseppi Antonio Paganelli, composer |
| 1698 | John Alberti, Dutch theologist and philologist |
| 1663 | Francis Atterbury, English Politician |
| 1619 | Cyrano de Bergerac, famous nose, playwright, Voyage to the Moon |
| 1616 | Malachias Siebenhaar, composer |
| 1615 | Jan Zoet, actor, playwright and poet, Parnasssus aan 't Y |
| 1495 | Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet, Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione |
| 1492 | Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory, humanist and reformer |
| 1483 | Francesco Guicciardini, Italian attorney and president of Romagna |
| 1475 | Michelangelo, painter and sculptor, David |
| 1459 | Jacob Fugger, German banker and merchant |
| 1405 | Johan II, King of Castille |
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