| 1983 | Holly Valance, Australian Musician |
| 1982 | Jonathan Jackson, Orlando, Florida, actor, Lucky-General Hospital |
| 1981 | Austin O'Brien, actor, Apollo 13, My Girl 2, Lawnmower Man |
| 1980 | Matthew Lawrence, Philadelphia, actor, Dynasty, Matthew-Brotherly Love |
| 1978 | Laetitia Casta, born in Pont-Audemer, France, model, actress, appeared in L'Oreal, Dior, Chanel campaigns, featured on 100 magazine covers, films include, 'Visage' |
| 1974 | Roger Juffing, soccer player, Fortuna Sittard |
| 1973 | Dean Pullar, Cobram Victoria Australia, diver 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Michelle Venturella, U.S. softball infielder, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1973 | Patrick Sapp, NFL offensive linebacker for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1973 | James Haven, actor producer, Angelina Jolie's brother, appeared in 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' television show and the film 'Monster's Ball' |
| 1972 | Andrew Bonhomme, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer |
| 1972 | Hicham El-Mashtoub, NFL center for the Houston Oilers |
| 1972 | Stefen Reid, CFL linebacker, Montreal Alouettes |
| 1971 | Corey Fuller, NFL cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1971 | Yo Murphy, WLAF receiver for the Scottish Claymores |
| 1970 | Dean Capobianco, Australian 200m/400m, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Michael Joubert, Australian 400m/800m 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Amy Legacki, Terrytown, New York, 10k runner |
| 1967 | Eric Young, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, infielder for the Colorado Rockies |
| 1967 | Jamie Brayshaw, cricketer, son of Ian WA and SA right-handed batsman |
| 1967 | Kenneth Gould, born in Chicago, Illinois, Welterweight boxer 1988 Olympics bronze |
| 1966 | Chris Mohr, NFL punter for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1966 | Trenidad Hubbard, born in Chicago, Illinois, outfielder for the Colorado Rockies |
| 1964 | Bobby Witt, Arlington, Virginia, pitcher for the Texas Rangers |
| 1964 | Drew Story, San Clemente, California, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics |
| 1964 | Floyd Youmans, baseball pitcher, Expos |
| 1964 | Jeff Sellers, baseball pitcher, Red Sox |
| 1964 | John Parrott, born in Liverpool, England, professional snooker player, winner, World Snooker Championship, 1991, won UK Championship title, 1991 |
| 1964 | Katie Wagner, daughter of Robert Wagner/model/guest VJ, MTV |
| 1963 | Blair Piercy, Vancouver, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Cordova Bay Open |
| 1963 | Mark Breland, born in Brooklyn, New York, welterweight boxer 1984 Olympics gold |
| 1963 | Natasha Richardson, born in London, England, actress, Gothic, Handmaid's Tale |
| 1962 | Steve Bono, NFL quarterback, Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers - Superbowl 31 |
| 1961 | Cecile Licad, Manila, Philippines, pianist, Leventritt Award-1981 |
| 1960 | Jurgen Schult, born in West Germany, discus thrower, world record 1986 |
| 1959 | Martha Quinn, born in Albany, New York, MTV VJ, Tracey-Bradys |
| 1958 | Peter Antonie, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1958 | Walt Terrell, born in Jeffersonville, Indiana, professional baseball player, starting pitcher, played for the New York Mets, New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 1957 | Luca Urbani, Rome, Italy, MD/astronaut, STS-78-alt |
| 1955 | Jos Haagmans, Dutch singer, Frank Boeijen Group |
| 1955 | Mark Herndon, Springfield, Massachusetts, country drummer, Alabama-Take Me Down |
| 1954 | Judith Weir, born in Cambridge, England, composer, professor of music at Cardiff University, Artistic Director, Spitafields Festival, Composer in Association for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra |
| 1953 | Boyd Gaines, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Mark-One Day at a Time, Sure Thing |
| 1952 | Darrow Igus, Newark, New Jersey, comedian, Fridays, Roll Out |
| 1950 | Dane Iorg, baseball player, Philles, Cards |
| 1950 | Jeremy Paxman, born in Leeds, England, journalist, television presenter, broadcaster, worked for the BBC since 1977, known for abrasive interview style |
| 1949 | Joao Botelho, Lamego Portugal, director, Trafico, Hard Times |
| 1948 | Alfred Matt, Austria, slalom 1968 Olympics bronze |
| 1947 | Claude "Butch" Hudson Trucks, drummer, Allman Brothers |
| 1944 | John Benaud, cricketer, brother of Richie, Australian bat 1972-73 |
| 1943 | Les Chadwick, bassist, Gerry and Pacemakers-Ferry Crossed the Mersy |
| 1943 | Nancy Greene, Canada, giant slalom, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1942 | Rachel Billington, British writer |
| 1941 | Eric Burdon, England, rock vocalist, Animals-House of the Rising Sun |
| 1941 | Ian Redpath, cricketer, dependable Australian opening batsman 1964-76 |
| 1940 | Ronald Anthony Pellegrino, composer |
| 1939 | Milt Pappas, baseball pitcher |
| 1938 | Carla Bley, Carla Borg, Oakland, musician, Escalator Over the Hill |
| 1938 | Harvey Sollberger, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, flutist/composer, 2 Oboes Troping |
| 1937 | David Allan, cricketer, West Indian wicketkeeper 1962-66 |
| 1935 | Doug McClure, born in Glendale California, actor, Checkmate, Virginian, Roots |
| 1934 | James Jeffords, American Politician |
| 1934 | Jim Jeffords, American Politician |
| 1933 | Louis Farrakhan, minister, black islam nation, million man march |
| 1932 | Henriette Santer, clinical Psychologist |
| 1932 | Valentino [Garavani], Milan Italy, fashion designer |
| 1931 | Stephen Smalley, rev/dean, Chester |
| 1930 | M J Hamlin, Principal/Vice-Chancellor, Dundee University |
| 1930 | Stanley L Elkin, born in Brooklyn, New York, writer/professor, Living End |
| 1930 | Stanley Elkin, American Author |
| 1929 | Edward Anson, British Vice-Admiral |
| 1928 | Yaacov Agam, Israeli sculptor |
| 1927 | Mort Sahl, Montreal, comedian/political satirist/beatnik, Big Party |
| 1927 | Zilpha Keatly Snyder, U.S., sci-fi author, Headless Cupid |
| 1926 | Ernest Harrison, CEO, Racal Electronics |
| 1926 | Frank Thring, Melbourne Australia, actor, El Cid, Ben-Hur |
| 1925 | Rhodes Boyson, born in Lancashire, England, Sir Rhodes Boyson, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Brent North |
| 1924 | Antony Hewish, radio astronomer |
| 1924 | Jackie Milburn, English soccer star, Newcastle United |
| 1924 | Tim Flock, American Celebrity |
| 1923 | Joan Moriarty, Brigadier matron-in-chief/dir, Army Nursing Services |
| 1923 | Lord Gordon "Gordy" White, English industrialist/multi-millionaire |
| 1923 | Vincent Gordon Lindsay White, tycoon |
| 1921 | Ian Percival, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Southport, served in World War II in North Africa and Burma, earned rank of Major |
| 1920 | Beryl Bryden, jazz singer |
| 1920 | Denver Pyle, Bethune, Colorado, actor, Dukes of Hazzard, Tammy, Doris Day |
| 1919 | John Michael Hayes, born in Massachusetts, screenwriter, scripted several famous Alfred Hitchcock films |
| 1918 | Richard P. Feynman, physicist, Feynman-diagrams/Nobel prize 1965 |
| 1918 | Robert Hunt, CEO, Dowty Group |
| 1918 | Richard P. Feynman, American Physicist |
| 1917 | Hon Montague Woodhouse, Greek resistance organiser |
| 1916 | Camilo Jose Cela, Spain, author, La Colmena-1951 |
| 1913 | Clare Grundman, composer |
| 1913 | Tutti Camarata, Glen Ridge, New Jersey, orchestra leader, Vic Damone Show |
| 1912 | Foster Brooks, born in Louisville, Kentucky, comedian/actor, Miles-Mork and Mindy |
| 1912 | Phil Silvers, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Sergeant Bilko-Phil Silvers Show |
| 1911 | Doodles Weaver, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Spike Jones and City Slickers |
| 1911 | Edgar Beck, president, John Mowlem |
| 1911 | Roy James Alfred Kaulback, soldier |
| 1910 | Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer |
| 1909 | Herbert Murrill, composer |
| 1909 | Terry McAuliffe, American Politician |
| 1907 | Rose Auslander, writer |
| 1906 | Kent Taylor, Louis Weiss, Iowa, actor, Boston Blackie, Rough Riders |
| 1905 | Marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner |
| 1904 | Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer |
| 1904 | Salvador Dali, Figueras, Spain, surrealist artist, Crucifixion |
| 1903 | Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman, 1924-42 |
| 1902 | Bidu Sayao, Niteroi Brazil, soprano, Mimia-La Boheme |
| 1902 | Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet, Unen Kaivo |
| 1901 | Mari Sandoz, Nebraska, author, Cheyenne Autumn |
| 1900 | Norris Cotton, American Politician |
| 1897 | Izak W van der Merwe, Boerneef, South Africa writer, Tweetalige Woordeboek |
| 1896 | Josip Slavenski, composer |
| 1896 | Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter |
| 1895 | Jan Parandowski, writer |
| 1895 | William Grant Still, Woodville Mississippi, composer, Afro-American |
| 1894 | Anton A Mussert, Dutch nazi leader, NSB |
| 1894 | Florimond Cornellie, Belgium, yachting, Gold Medal 1920 Olympics |
| 1894 | Martha Graham, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, choreographer, Appalachian Spring |
| 1892 | Margaret Rutherford, England, actress, Murder Most Foul |
| 1891 | Henry Morgenthau, Jr., U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1934 - 1945 |
| 1888 | Irving Berlin, Temum Siberia, composer, White Xmas, |
| 1888 | P A J Losecaat Vermeer, leader of Dutch High Council |
| 1882 | Joseph Marx, Austrian composer/critic |
| 1881 | Jan van Gilse, composer/resistance fighter, Frau Helga von Staveren |
| 1881 | Pascual Rogatis, composer |
| 1869 | Francisco Lacerda, composer |
| 1858 | Carl Hauptmann, writer |
| 1855 | Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer, Bewitched Lake |
| 1854 | John Blackham, cricketer, Australia's 1st wicketkeeper |
| 1854 | Ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor, linotype |
| 1852 | Charles W. Fairbanks, R, 26th U.S. Vice President, 1905 - 1909 |
| 1847 | Godefroid Kurth, Belgian historian, La cite de Liege au moyen age |
| 1841 | Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter |
| 1840 | Filippo Capocci, composer |
| 1830 | John Converse Starkweather, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1823 | Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter |
| 1821 | [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1811 | Chang and Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins |
| 1807 | Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor, Othello |
| 1791 | Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer |
| 1772 | Henri-Jean Rigel, composer |
| 1731 | Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer |
| 1722 | Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor, Amsterdam |
| 1654 | Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian |
| 1568 | Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg, Battle of White Mountain |
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