| 1979 | Jennifer Botterill, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics |
| 1979 | Kimberly Grigsby, Miss Virginia Teen USA 1997 |
| 1977 | Anna Louise Wilson, Dunedin, New Zealand, 100m breast stroke 1996 Olympics |
| 1976 | Darius McCrary, actor, Edward Winslow-Family Matters |
| 1976 | Dave Willis, American Actor |
| 1975 | Austin Croshere, NBA forward for the Indiana Pacers |
| 1974 | Keri Phebus, Laguna Beach, California, tennis star |
| 1974 | Matthew Hatchette, NFL wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1974 | Vladimir Zavyalov, hockey forward, Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998 |
| 1973 | Curtis Martin, NFL running back for the New England Patriots |
| 1973 | Frank Beede, NFL center for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1972 | Bobby Chouinard, Manilla, Phillipines, pitcher for the Oakland A's |
| 1972 | Julie Benz, American Actress |
| 1971 | Ethan Albright, NFL tackle, Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills |
| 1971 | Jamie Marie Swenson, Miss USA-South Dakota 1997 |
| 1971 | Renee Poetschka, Australian 200m/400m,1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Stuart Appleby, Cohuna, Australia, Nike golfer, 1994 Victorian PGA |
| 1970 | Alex Van Pelt, NFL quarterback for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1970 | Allen DeGraffenreid, WLAF wide receiver for the Scotland Claymores |
| 1970 | Alundis Brice, NFL cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys |
| 1970 | Damon Diletti, Australian field hockey goal keeper, Silver Medal 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Billy Owens, NBA forward and guard for the Sacramento Kings |
| 1969 | Bryan Marchment, Scarborough, NHL defenseman for the Edmonton Oilers |
| 1969 | Carrie Stevens, Buffalo, New York, playmate, June 1997 |
| 1969 | Wes Anderson, American Writer |
| 1968 | Anton Scheutjens, soccer player, Roda JC |
| 1968 | Lisa Campbell, Victoria, Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Mark Scott, Paramus, New Jersey, rock drummer, Trixter-Give It To Me Good |
| 1967 | Bill Schultz, NFL/WLAF offensive tackle, Den Broncos, Scottish Claymores |
| 1967 | Marvcus Patton, NFL linebacker for the Washington Redskins |
| 1967 | Scott Coffey, HI, actor, Satisfaction, Shout |
| 1967 | Tawni Cable, Salem, Oregon, playmate, June 1989 |
| 1967 | Yael Arad, Israel, Women's half middleweight judoka, 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Tim McGraw, born in Delhi, Louisiana, singer, actor, sold over 40 million albums and singles, famous songs include, 'I Like It, I Love It', married to singer, Faith Hill |
| 1966 | Armando Reynoso, San Luis Potosi Mexico, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies |
| 1966 | Charlie Schlatter, New York City, actor, 18 Again, Heartbreak Hotel |
| 1966 | Johnny Colt, Cherry Point, North Carolina, rock bassist, Black Crowes |
| 1966 | Mark Coogan, Manhaset, New York, marathoner 1996 Olympics |
| 1965 | Jon Warren, born in Akron, Ohio, 1.5k runner |
| 1964 | Carlos Aalbers, Dutch soccer player, NEC |
| 1964 | Ruth Picardie, born in Reading, England, journalist, editor, The Guardian, The Independent newspapers, author of Before I Say Goodbye, memoir of living with breast cancer |
| 1964 | Sarah FE Armstrong-Jones, daughter of princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon |
| 1963 | Robert Seguso, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, tennis star |
| 1962 | Gary Clark, NFL wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1962 | Paula Weishoff, Hollywood, California, volleyballer, Silver Medal 1984 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1992 Olympics |
| 1962 | Reggie Pleasant, CFL cornerback for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1961 | Charlie O'Brien, Tulsa, Oklahoma, catcher, Brewers, Mets, Braves, Blue Jays |
| 1961 | Steven Cauthen, jockey, 1978 Kentucky Derby-Affirmed |
| 1960 | Albert McDonald, Dartmouth NS, U.S. canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics |
| 1960 | Steve Cauthen, American Athlete |
| 1959 | Eddie Johnson, NBA guard and forward, Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers |
| 1959 | Paul Smith, rock saxophonist, Haircut 100 |
| 1957 | Richard Swett, born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Representative-D-New Hampshire 1991 - 1995 |
| 1957 | Paul D. Ronney, born in Los Angeles, California, ScD/astronaut, STS-83 alt |
| 1957 | Rick Darling, cricketer, accident-prone/dashing Aussie opener 1978-79 |
| 1957 | Steve Farris, rock guitarist, Mr. Mister |
| 1956 | Byron Stewart, Baxter Springs, Kansas, actor, Warren Coolidge-St. Elsewhere |
| 1956 | Phil Foglio, American Cartoonist |
| 1955 | Julien Wiener, cricketer, Australian opening batsman 1979-80 |
| 1954 | Michael Scott, reporter, Entertainment Tonight |
| 1954 | Ray Parker, Jr., born in Detroit, Michigan, rock guitarist and vocalist, Ghostbusters |
| 1954 | Taslim Arif, cricketer, Pakistani keeper/batsman, 210 vs. Australia 1980 |
| 1953 | Elquemedo Willett, cricketer, WI lefty spinner early 70's |
| 1953 | Felix Hanemann, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, musician, keyboardist, vocalist, founder of band, Zebra, member of band, Harry Slash & The Slashtones |
| 1951 | Gordon Greenidge, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1974-91 |
| 1950 | Marina Stepanova, Russian hurdler, world record 1986 |
| 1949 | Douglas Barr, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor, Howie-Fall Guy |
| 1949 | Margo Miller, born in San Francisco, California, fencer-epee 1996 Olympics |
| 1948 | James Wise, U.S. soul singer, Archie Bell and the Drells |
| 1947 | Carlos Ward, rocker, B T Express |
| 1947 | Ghulam Abbas, cricketer, scored 12 and 0 in only Test for Pakistan 1967 |
| 1946 | Bruce Robinson, actor, Story of Adele H |
| 1946 | Jerry Weiss, New York City, rocker, Blood Sweat and Tears |
| 1946 | Joanna Lumley, Kashmir India, actress, Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service |
| 1946 | Nick Fortune, Nicholas Fortuna, rock bassist, Buckinghams Chicago |
| 1946 | Valentin Muratov, U.S.S.R., floor exercise gymnast 1956 Olympics gold |
| 1946 | John Woo, Chinese Director |
| 1944 | Rita Coolidge, born in Nashville, Tennessee, singer, Higher and Higher, We're All Alone |
| 1943 | Joy Harmon, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Cool Hand Luke |
| 1942 | Stephen Macht, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, actor, Joe-Knots Landing, Cagney and Lacey |
| 1941 | Barbara Barendrecht, BHM Wurfbain, actress, Dirty Picture |
| 1939 | Judy Collins, born in Seattle, Washington singer, Send in the Clowns, Clouds |
| 1939 | Max Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, black news anchor, ABC Evening News |
| 1939 | Ray Aranha, born in Miami, Florida, actor, Nick-Married People |
| 1937 | Bo Nilsson, Swedish composer, Doppelspiel |
| 1934 | Alette Beaujon, Curaeaos poet, Gedichten on the Bay and Elsewhere |
| 1930 | Little Walter, Marion Walter Jacobs, rocker |
| 1930 | Ollie Matson, NFL halfback, Cardinals, Rams, Lions, Eagles |
| 1929 | Sonny James, James Loden, Hackelburg AL, rocker, Young Love |
| 1929 | Sonny Ramadhin, cricket spin bowler, great WI |
| 1928 | Raoul Servais, Belgian cartoonist/president, l'ASIFA |
| 1927 | Greta Andersen, Denmark, 100m freestyle swimmer 1948 Olympics gold |
| 1927 | Harry Belafonte, calypso singer |
| 1927 | Israr Ali, cricket pace bowler, Pakistani in 4 Tests 1952-59 |
| 1927 | Lord Bathurst, English earl/large landowner/multi-millionaire |
| 1927 | Roland Verhavert, Flemish screen writer, Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor |
| 1927 | William Mitchell Byers, musician |
| 1925 | Chuck Bednarik, Penn, NFL hall of fame center/linebacker, Philadelphia |
| 1925 | Malcolm Scott Carpenter, born in Boulder, Colorado, astronaut, Mercury 7-Aurora 7 |
| 1924 | Enrico Josif, composer |
| 1924 | Patricia Roberts Harris, 1st U.S. black woman cabinet member |
| 1924 | Terry Southern, writer |
| 1923 | Joseph Heller, born in Brooklyn, New York, novelist, Catch-22, 1963 Arts and Letters Award |
| 1921 | 12th Lord Middleton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire |
| 1921 | Paul Daels, president, Flemish Iron Pilgrimage committee |
| 1919 | Alwyn Farquharson, Scottish clan-captain/large landowner |
| 1919 | Dan O'Herlihy, Ireland, actor, Fail Safe, Last Starfighter, Robocop |
| 1917 | Danielle Darrieux, France, actress, Alexander the Great, Mayerling |
| 1917 | John Beradino, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Steve Hardy-General Hospital |
| 1917 | Louis G "Lo" van Hensbergen, actor/author, Amsterdam Affair |
| 1916 | Glenn Ford, Quebec, Canada, actor, Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway |
| 1916 | Jack Paar, Canton Ohio, TV host, Jack Paar Show |
| 1916 | Jane Jacobs, Scranton, Pennsylvania, urbanologist |
| 1913 | Walter Susskind, Praha, Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor |
| 1912 | Anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano |
| 1912 | Felipe Padilla de Leon, composer |
| 1910 | Cliff Battles, born in Akron, Ohio, NFL hall of famer, Braves, Redskins |
| 1910 | J. Allen Hynek, American Scientist |
| 1909 | Ethel Jane Cain, original U.K. Speaking Clock voice |
| 1909 | George Melachrino, composer |
| 1909 | Janis Ritsos, writer |
| 1909 | Kate Smith, singer, God Bless America, Philadelphia Flyer luck charm |
| 1909 | Yannis Ritsos, Greek poet |
| 1909 | Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer |
| 1909 | Michael Porter, American Educator |
| 1908 | Giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer, Don Camillo, Peppone |
| 1908 | Morris Kline, American Writer |
| 1907 | Jan Pauw, CEO, Aruban Theater Group |
| 1905 | Leila Hyams, New York City, actress, Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap |
| 1905 | Nikolai Tikhonov, Soviet PM, 1980-85 |
| 1900 | Ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician, Bread and Wine |
| 1899 | Jon Leifs, Iceland, composer and conductor |
| 1898 | Eugene R. Black, U.S., President of World Bank, 1953-62 |
| 1895 | Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids, Michigan, composer, Pulitzer 1946 |
| 1892 | Howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor, Voice of Firestone |
| 1887 | Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/British general/director of Palestine, 1945-48 |
| 1884 | Felipe Boero, composer |
| 1881 | Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, France, philosopher/paleontologist |
| 1881 | Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher |
| 1881 | Mary MacLane, born in Winnipeg, Canada, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month |
| 1880 | Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet, Tantum dic verbo |
| 1880 | Konrad Weiss, Dutch German writer/poet, Tantum dic verbo |
| 1872 | Hugo Alfven, Stockholm Sweden, composer, Midsommarvaka |
| 1862 | Anthony G. Kroller, entrepreneur/government advisor/husband of Helene Muller |
| 1862 | Marcel Prevost, French publisher/writer, Les demis-vierges |
| 1859 | Bohuslav Jeremias, composer |
| 1859 | Willem J. Leyds, Dutch/South Africa lawyer/politician/diplomat |
| 1858 | Anthony Johnson Showalter, composer |
| 1855 | Marie Corelli, English Writer |
| 1852 | Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter |
| 1851 | Eberhard Nestle, German orientalist/biblical scholar |
| 1839 | Chardonnet, inventor, rayon |
| 1835 | Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1830 | Mary Harris Jones, Mother Jones, activist |
| 1829 | Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice |
| 1825 | George Inness, U.S. landscape painter, Delaware Water Gap |
| 1819 | William Steele, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1818 | Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet |
| 1807 | John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1800 | Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Commander Union Navy |
| 1780 | John McKinley, American Politician |
| 1775 | Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer |
| 1771 | George Guest, composer |
| 1769 | Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British Prime Minister, C, 1828-30 |
| 1764 | Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect, built Capitol |
| 1764 | Gottfried Rieger, composer |
| 1764 | Benjamin Latrobe, British Architect |
| 1759 | Jacob Albright, Albrecht, German and U.S. predictor |
| 1735 | John H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp |
| 1672 | Joseph Addison, England, essayist, Spectator |
| 1633 | Sebastien le Prestre de Vauban, French fortress architect |
| 1592 | Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer |
| 1582 | Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer |
| 1577 | Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer |
| 1567 | Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter |
| 1545 | Franciscus Junius, Francois du Jon, French/Netherlands calvinist theologist |
| 1493 | Phillippus Paracelsus, born in Switzerland, physician and alchemist, or 11/10 |
| 1238 | Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway, 1263-80 |
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