| 1986 | Brittany Snow, American Actress |
| 1980 | Chingy, born in St. Louis, Missouri, born Howard Bailey, Jr., rapper, debut album, 'Jackpot' produced hit titled, 'One Call Away' and went Triple Platinum |
| 1980 | Howard Bailey, American Musician |
| 1977 | Radek Dvorak, born in Tabor, Czechoslovakia, NHL left wing for the Florida Panthers |
| 1976 | Yamila Diaz, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, model, cover model for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue |
| 1975 | Adonal Foyle, NBA center, SF Warriors |
| 1975 | Roy Makaay, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse |
| 1974 | Mark Harrity, cricketer, promising South Australia left-arm fast bowler |
| 1973 | David Prinosil, born in Olmutz, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 ATP Newport |
| 1973 | Josh LaRocca, WLAF quarterback, Rhein Fire |
| 1973 | Troy Bailey, WLAF DE, Scotland Claymores |
| 1972 | Marcia M. Griffith, born in Washington D.C., Miss America-Maryland, 1996 |
| 1972 | Sara Nicole Williams, Miss USA-Washington, 1997 |
| 1971 | Bev Oden, born in Millington, Tennessee, volleyball middle blocker, 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Emmanuel Lewis, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Webster |
| 1971 | Jiro Nihei, hockey goaltender, Team Japan 1998 |
| 1971 | Lou Benfatti, NFL defensive tackle for the New York Jets |
| 1971 | Sean Holcomb, NFL linebacker for the New England Patriots |
| 1970 | Melissa Rathburn-Nealy, U.S. soldier, Iraqi POW |
| 1969 | Bryce Burnett, NFL/WLAF tight end for the Broncos, Barcelona Dragons |
| 1969 | George Nimako, CFL safety for the Toronto Argonauts |
| 1969 | Mahmoud Abdul Rauf, NBA guard for the Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets |
| 1968 | Johnny Kelly, American Musician |
| 1967 | Curt Schreiner, born in Albany, New York, biathelete, 1994 Olympics |
| 1967 | Eric Flaim, Pembroke Massachusetts, short track skater 1994 Olympics |
| 1967 | Michael Kiselak, CFL corner for the Toronto Argonauts |
| 1966 | Louis Oliver, NFL safety, Miami Dolphins |
| 1965 | Benito Santiago, born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies |
| 1965 | Brian Bosworth, NFL quarterback, Seattle |
| 1964 | Phil Housley, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, NHL defenseman, New Jersey Devils, Team USA 1998 Olympics |
| 1964 | Juliette Binoche, born in Paris, France, actress, Unbearable Lightness |
| 1963 | Kent Ferguson, born in Cedar Rapids Iowa, diver, 1992 and 1996 Olympics |
| 1963 | Terry Mulholland, born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies |
| 1962 | Brian Green, born in Columbus Indiana, actor, Sam Fowler-Another World |
| 1960 | Linda Fiorentino, born in Philadelphia, actress, Jade, Last Seduction, Moderns |
| 1960 | Mike Leach, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, tennis star |
| 1959 | Kato Kaelin, actor, Beach Fever, and O.J . Simpson roommate/witness |
| 1959 | Lonny Price, born in New York City, actor, Muppets Take Manhattan |
| 1958 | Martin Fry, rock vocalist, ABC-All of My Heart |
| 1957 | Faith Daniels, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, news anchor, CBS News, at age 27 was one of the youngest national news anchors ever, first journalist to host daily talk show, A Closer Look, 1991 |
| 1957 | Jeff Senior, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer |
| 1957 | Jon Engen, born in Oslo, Norway, U.S. biathelete 1994 Olympics |
| 1955 | Fernando Bujones, born in Miami, Florida, ballet dancer |
| 1955 | Ornella Muti, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife |
| 1955 | Teo Fabi, formula-1 Indy-car racer, rookie of year-1983 |
| 1954 | Keven Wade, born in Chappaqua, New York, screen writer, Working Girls |
| 1953 | Henriette J. Toll, actress, Soldier of Orange |
| 1952 | Iuliana Semenova, U.S.S.R., basketball, 1976 Olympic gold |
| 1952 | William Kirby Cullen, born in Santa Ana, California, actor, How the West Was Won |
| 1951 | Michael Kinsley, American Journalist |
| 1950 | Danny Sullivan, Indy-car racer, over 10 wins |
| 1949 | Kalevi Aho, born in Forssa, Finland, composer, large-scale works, symphonies, vocal works, concertos, operas, including 'The Key', 'Insect Life' |
| 1948 | Jamie Lyn Bauer, born in Phoenix Arizona, actress, Young and Restless, Centerfold Girls |
| 1948 | Jeffrey Osborne, born in Providence, Rhode Island, rock vocalist, On the Wings of Love |
| 1948 | Jimmy Fadden, born in Long Beach, California, singer, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 1946 | Gherman Semyonovich Arzamazov, Russian cosmonaut, backup TM-6 |
| 1945 | Laura Lee, Rundless, singer, Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights |
| 1945 | Ray Royer, rocker, Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale |
| 1945 | Robin Trower, born in London, guitarist, Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale |
| 1944 | Geoff Arnold, cricketer, England medium-pacer in 34 Tests 1967-75 |
| 1944 | Lee Irvine, cricketer, South African batsman, only Tests in 1970 |
| 1944 | Trevor Burton, rocker, Move |
| 1943 | Bobby Fischer, born in Chicago, eleventh World Chess Champion, American chess Grandmaster |
| 1943 | Jef Raskin, American Scientist |
| 1942 | John Cale, born in Wales, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Velvet Underground |
| 1942 | Bert Campaneris, shortstop for the Oakland A's |
| 1942 | Mark Lindsay, born in Eugene, Oregon, rock vocalist/sax, Paul Revers and Raiders |
| 1942 | Gary Leeds, born in Glendale, California, rocker, Walker Brothers |
| 1941 | Jim Colbert, born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, PGA golfer, 1969 Monsanto Open |
| 1941 | Trish Van Devere, Patricia Dressel, born in Tenafly, New Jersey, actress, Changeling |
| 1940 | Raul Julia, actor, Addams Family, Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| 1938 | Charles Siebert, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, actor, One Day at A Time, Trapper John |
| 1937 | Grahame Chevalier, cricketer, one Test for South Africa 1970, 0 and 0*, 5-100 |
| 1936 | Marty Ingels, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, I'm Dickens He's Fenster |
| 1936 | Mickey Gilley, born in Ferriday, Louisiana, country singer, Urban Cowboy |
| 1936 | [Aino] Elina Salo, born in Sipoo, Finland, actress, Hamlet Goes Business |
| 1935 | Keely Smith, born in Norfolk, Virginia, singer, Mrs. Louie Prima |
| 1935 | Sister Bernard Ncube, South African nun |
| 1934 | Joyce Van Patten, born in Queens, New York, actress, Good Guys, Don Rickles Show |
| 1934 | Yuri Gagarin, born in Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space, aboard Vostok 1 |
| 1933 | Lloyd Price, born in Kenner, Louisiana, singer, Just Because |
| 1933 | William Francis McBeth, composer |
| 1932 | Heere Heeresma, Dutch writer, Han de Wit goes in development aid |
| 1931 | Taina Elg, born in Helsinki, Finland, actress, Hercules in, New York, Les Girls |
| 1930 | Harrie J. B. Aarts, Dutch 2nd chamber member, CDA |
| 1930 | Thomas Schippers, born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, conductor, Amahl and Night Visitors |
| 1929 | Hugh Desmond Hoyte, president, Guyana, 1985-92 |
| 1929 | Marie Cardinal, writer |
| 1927 | Hans Ludwig Schilling, composer |
| 1927 | Jack Jensen, baseball player, AL MVP 1958 |
| 1927 | John Beckwith, composer |
| 1926 | Celso Garrido Lecca, composer |
| 1926 | Gerrit A. Kooy, Dutch sociologist, Apartheid and work in South Africa |
| 1926 | Irene Papas, born in Corinth, Greece, actress, Moses The Lawgiver |
| 1924 | Konstantin Iliev, composer |
| 1923 | Andre Courreges, born in France, fashion designer, introduced the miniskirt |
| 1923 | James L. Buckley, born in New York City, New York, Senator-R-New York 1971 - 1977 |
| 1923 | Walter Kohn, Austrian Physicist |
| 1923 | James L. Buckley, American Politician |
| 1922 | Herbert P. Douglas Jr., born in Pittsburgh, long jumper, 1948 Olympic bronze |
| 1920 | Carl Betz, born in Pittsburgh, actor, Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show |
| 1918 | Marguerite Chapman, born in Chatham, New York, actress, Spy Smasher, Flight to Mars |
| 1918 | Mickey Spillane, Frank, born in Brooklyn, New York, mystery writer, I the Jury |
| 1917 | Dante Fascell, born in Bridgehampton, New York, Representative-D-Florida 1955 - 1993 |
| 1915 | Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder, St. Louis Browns |
| 1914 | Fred Clark, born in Lincoln California, actor, Burns and Allen, Auntie Mame, Hazard |
| 1913 | Ger[ar]da Brautigam, journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber, PvdA |
| 1912 | Alan David Melville, polymath |
| 1911 | Ramon Campbell Batista, composer |
| 1910 | Ed Hoornik, Dutch writer and poet, Survivor |
| 1910 | Samuel Barber, born in Westchester, Pennsylvania, composer, Pulitz, School for Scandal |
| 1908 | Luiz Cosme, composer |
| 1907 | Henry Leland Clarke, composer |
| 1905 | Felix L V L J Labisse, French painter, libidoscaphes |
| 1905 | Grigori Kozintsev, born in Kiev, Ukraine, director, Hamlet, King Lear |
| 1905 | Peter C Quennell, English biographer/critic, Byron in Italy |
| 1905 | Rex Warner, English poet and writer, Wild Goose Chase |
| 1905 | Peter Quennell, English Writer |
| 1902 | Edward Durell Stone, U.S., architect, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi |
| 1902 | Will Greer, born in Frankfort, Indiana, actor, Grandpa Walton-The Waltons |
| 1902 | Luis Barragan, born in Mexico City, Mexico, architect, modernist, minimalist, important 20th century architect, significant landscape designer, self-taught, influenced by writings of Ferdinand Bac |
| 1900 | Aimone duke of Spoleta and Aosta, Italian king of Croatia, 1941-43 |
| 1900 | Howard Aiken, American Scientist |
| 1898 | Luther H. Hodges, American Politician |
| 1893 | Edgar Scauflaire, Belgian muralist and decorator |
| 1893 | Hans Munch, composer |
| 1892 | David Garnett, England, novelist and editor, Lady into Fox |
| 1892 | Frank Puglia, born in Sicily, Italy, actor, Black Orchid, Jungle Book |
| 1892 | Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet and writer, Adel und Untergang |
| 1892 | Vita Sackville-West, born in England, novelist/poet, The Land |
| 1890 | Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Soviet foreign minister, UN |
| 1887 | Phil Mead, cricketer, strong batsman for England pre- and post-WWI |
| 1885 | Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, baseball player |
| 1883 | Umberto Saba, writer |
| 1881 | Enver Pasja, Turkish general and politician |
| 1881 | Ernest Bevin, British minister of Labour and Foreign affairs |
| 1877 | Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist |
| 1875 | Martin Fallas Shaw, composer |
| 1874 | Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer |
| 1865 | Margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head, NACW 1896..1918 |
| 1859 | Richard Englander, Peter Altenberg, Austria, author, Lebensabend |
| 1856 | Eddie Foy, American Actor |
| 1850 | Alexandre Luigini, composer |
| 1848 | Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer |
| 1839 | Modest P. Mussorgsky, Russian composer, Boris Godunov |
| 1826 | Jean Joseph Bott, German violinist and composer |
| 1824 | Leland Stanford, Gov/Sen, founded Stanford University |
| 1814 | Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, national poet, painter and professor of Kiev |
| 1812 | Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer |
| 1810 | Jean-Georges Kastner, composer |
| 1791 | George Hayward, U.S., surgeon, 1st to use ether |
| 1777 | Alexander Orlowski, Polish painter, cartoonist and graphic artist |
| 1758 | Franz Joseph Gall, German and French physician, frenology |
| 1753 | Jean-Baptiste Kleber, French general and architect, Mainz, Fleurus |
| 1737 | Josef Myslivecek, composer |
| 1735 | August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer |
| 1697 | Friederike C Neuber, German actress and author, Allerkostbarste Schatz |
| 1568 | Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince, jesuit and saint |
| 1564 | David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer, discoved variable star |
| 1454 | Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer, America |
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