| 1981 | Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne |
| 1978 | Amy Chow, born in San Jose, California, gymnast, Gold and Silver Medals 1996 Olympics |
| 1978 | David Krumholtz, New York City, actor, Billy Kulchak-Chicago Sons |
| 1978 | Krissy Taylor, born in Miami, Florida, model, sister of supermodel, Niki Taylor |
| 1978 | Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian Actress |
| 1976 | Eric DuBose, Bradenton, Florida, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1975 | Ray Lewis, linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens |
| 1974 | A. J. Hinch, Wavely, Iowa, baseball catcher 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1974 | Addilson dos Santos, soccer player, Sparta |
| 1974 | Ahmet Rodan Zappa, son of Frank/rocker, Z, 2 Hip 4 TV |
| 1973 | Suzannah Bianco, born in San Jose, California, synchronized swimmer, Olympics-alt-96 |
| 1973 | Vic"Tori"a Davey Spelling, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Donna-Beverly Hills 90210 |
| 1972 | David Charvet, actor, Melrose Place |
| 1972 | Patrick Pothuizen, soccer player, Vitesse |
| 1972 | Tirrell Greene, WLAF guard for the Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1972 | Troy Drake, NFL tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1971 | Scott Shipley, Bremerton Wash, slalom single kayak, Olympics-6th-96 |
| 1970 | Artie Smith, NFL defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1970 | Cory Philpot, CFL running back for the BC Lions |
| 1970 | Desmond Howard, NFL receiver, Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders |
| 1970 | Frank de Boer, Dutch soccer star, Ajax |
| 1970 | Keith Tower, NBA center for the Los Angeles Clippers |
| 1970 | Rod Smith, NFL wide reciever, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32 |
| 1970 | Ronald de Boer, Dutch soccer player, Ajax |
| 1970 | Tony Brown, NFL cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1970 | Michael Patrick Jann, American Actor |
| 1969 | Emmitt Smith, running back, Dallas Cowboys, 3-time NFL rushing leader |
| 1969 | Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach California, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | James "Jim" Neil, Buffalo, New York, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Leroy Hoard, NFL running back, Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings |
| 1968 | Todd Porter, New Jersey, actor, Hamilton-Whiz Kids |
| 1967 | John Smoltz, born in Detroit, Michigan, pitcher, Atlanta Braves, 1996 Cy Young |
| 1967 | Omar Vizquel, Caracas Venezuela, shortstop, Seattle Mariners, Indians |
| 1966 | Paul Ysebaert, Sarnia, NHL left wing, Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 1965 | Dan Stryzinski, NFL punter for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1965 | Glen Hnatiuk, Selkirk Manitoba, Nike golfer, 1992 Mississippi Gulf |
| 1965 | Jeff Rochlin, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Cutting Class, Splitz, Taps |
| 1964 | Pierre Trentin, France, 1K time trials, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1963 | George Heidweiler, Suriname, Dutch painter |
| 1963 | Grant Herslov, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Wayne-Spencer, Under One Roof |
| 1959 | Andrew Eldritch, rocker, Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet |
| 1956 | Alice Miller, born in Marysville, California, LPGA golfer, 1985 Nabisco Dinah Shore |
| 1955 | Lee Horsley, Muleshoe, Texas, actor, Nero Wolfe, Matt Houston |
| 1954 | Bob Beauchemin, Winnipeg, Canada, golfer, West Coast Open-1982, 83 |
| 1953 | George Brett, born in Glen Dale, West Virginia, Kansas City Royal 3rd baseman, 1980 AL MVP |
| 1953 | Mike Oldfield, England, composer, Tubular Bells |
| 1952 | Rick Waits, baseball pitcher, Rangers, Indians, Twins |
| 1951 | Dennis Frederiksen, rocker, Toto-Roseanna, Africa |
| 1949 | Eric J. Beekes, actor/singer, Hunk |
| 1949 | Frank L Culbertson, Jr., Charleston, South Carolina, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-38 |
| 1949 | Wendy Pritchard, Australian women's field hockey team manager 1996 Olympics |
| 1948 | Brian Eno, born in Woodbridge, England, rock keyboardist/singer, On Land |
| 1948 | Kathleen Sebelius, American Politician |
| 1947 | Graham Goble, Adelaide, Australia, rock guitarist, Little River Band |
| 1946 | Chazz Palminteri, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Jade, Diabolique, Bronx Tale |
| 1944 | Gunilla Hutton, Goteborg Sweden, actress, Petticoat Junction |
| 1944 | Miruts Yifter, Ethiopia, 5K/10K runner, 1980 Olympics gold |
| 1943 | Harve Brosten, comedy writer/producer/director, All in the Family |
| 1942 | Anthony Wayne England, Indianapolis, PhD/astronaut, STS-51-F |
| 1941 | Cyril Cooray, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test umpire on International panel |
| 1941 | K. T. Oslin, Crossett, country singer, 80's Ladies |
| 1941 | Lainie Kazan, Brooklyn, singer and actress, Lust in the Dust, Beaches |
| 1941 | Richard Edward Wilson, composer |
| 1940 | Mireille Darc, Toulo,n France, actor, Week End, Hurried Man |
| 1940 | Paul Rudd, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' |
| 1940 | Roger Ailes, American Businessman |
| 1940 | Don Nelson, American Coach |
| 1939 | Brian Hartley, mathematician |
| 1938 | Lenny Welch, Asbury Park, New Jersey, Breaking up is Hard to Do |
| 1937 | Trini Lopez, Trinidad, singer/guitarist, If I Had a Hammer |
| 1937 | Madeleine Albright, American Statesman |
| 1936 | Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italy, singer and actress, Cinderfella |
| 1936 | Donald [Anthony] Moffitt, U.S., sci-fi author, Jupiter Theft |
| 1936 | Jean Balissat, born in Lausanne, Switzerland, composer, professor of composition and orchestration, University of Geneva |
| 1936 | Paul Zindel, playwright, Effects of Gamma Rays on Marigolds |
| 1936 | Ralph Steadman, British Cartoonist |
| 1935 | Ted Dexter, cricketer, in Milan Superb England batsman of 60's |
| 1934 | David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick |
| 1932 | John Glen, Thames England, actor, Spy Who Loves Me, Backfire |
| 1931 | David Healy, actor, Supergirl, Doomsday Gun, Patton, Be My Guest |
| 1931 | F Korthals Altes, Dutch minister of Justice, VVD |
| 1930 | Jasper Johns, Augusta, Georgia, painter/sculptor, Green Target |
| 1929 | Jack Flavell, cricketer, England pace bowler in 4 Tests 1961-64 |
| 1926 | Anthony Shaffer, twin brother playwright, Sleuth |
| 1926 | Clermont Pepin, composer |
| 1926 | Peter Shaffer, twin brother playwright, 5 Finger Exercise, Equus |
| 1925 | Andrey Yakoulevich Eshpay, composer |
| 1925 | Emmanuel Ghent, composer |
| 1925 | Jos Jacobs, Flemish director, Madonna of Nedermunster |
| 1924 | Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary water polo player, Olympics, 1948-60 |
| 1924 | Don Kenyon, cricketer, England batsman in 8 Tests 1951-55 |
| 1924 | Jaime Garcia Terre, poet/essayist |
| 1924 | Ursula Thiess, Hamburg, actress, Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano |
| 1923 | Richard Avedon, U.S., photographer, 1957 ASMP award |
| 1920 | Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet |
| 1919 | Charles Palmer, cricketer, one Test 1955, later MCC president |
| 1918 | Eddy Arnold, born in Tennessee, best-selling, longest-running, country music singer, helped create Nashville sound |
| 1918 | Joseph Wiseman, Montreal, actor, Dr. No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables |
| 1917 | Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist |
| 1916 | Bill Williams, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Starlit Time, Date With the Angels |
| 1915 | Maurice B. Latey, commentator, BBC World Service |
| 1915 | Paul A. Samuelson, economist, 1970 Nobel, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal |
| 1915 | Paul Samuelson, American Economist |
| 1914 | Jack Pepys, immunologist |
| 1914 | Pierre Froidebise, composer |
| 1914 | Tenzing Norgay, Explorer |
| 1912 | Alexis Kagame, Rwanda, priest/writer |
| 1912 | Alexis Nihon, Bahamas, wrestler 1968 Olympics |
| 1912 | Arthur Victor Berger, New York City, composer, Ideas of Order |
| 1912 | Arthur Berger, American Composer |
| 1911 | Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor, Galitzianer Cowboy |
| 1911 | Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer, Stiller, Biedermann |
| 1910 | Constance Cummings, Wash, actress, John and Julie, 7 Sinners, Glamour |
| 1909 | James Mason, England, actor, Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil |
| 1909 | Rodolfo Cornejo, composer |
| 1908 | Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, Akarp Sweden, composer, Linden |
| 1908 | Joe Grant, American Artist |
| 1907 | Josef Alexander, composer |
| 1907 | Phillip Piratin, communist |
| 1905 | Joseph Cotten, Virginia, actor, 3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse |
| 1905 | Abraham Zapruder, Ukrainian Businessman |
| 1904 | Clifton Fadiman, born in Brooklyn, New York, TV host, Information Please, Quiz Kids |
| 1904 | Gustav-Adolf Boltenstein, Sweden, equest dressage, Gold Medal 1952, 1956 Olympics |
| 1903 | Anny Ondra, Czechoslovakia, actress, Blackmail, Manxman |
| 1902 | Richard J. Daley, American Politician |
| 1898 | Arlette-Leonie Arletty, Bathiat, Courbevoie France, actress, Maxime |
| 1897 | Casper Howeler, Dutch music critic |
| 1895 | Charles Lamont, born in San Francisco, California, director, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars |
| 1895 | Prescott Bush, American Politician |
| 1893 | Michel Gusikoff, composer |
| 1893 | Stanley Lupino, English comic, Cheer Up, Over She Goes |
| 1891 | Chief Nipo T Strongheart, Yakima, Washington, U.S. indian actor, Pony Soldier |
| 1891 | David Vogel, Ukraine, author, Huwelijksleven |
| 1891 | Fritz Feigl, Austria, chemist, spot tests |
| 1891 | Mikhail Bulgakov, Russia, playwright/novelist, Black Snow |
| 1890 | Katherine Anne Porter, U.S., novelist, Ship of Fools |
| 1889 | Bessie Hillman, founder, Almalgamated Clothing Workers of America |
| 1888 | Jean Wahl, French philosopher |
| 1887 | Edwin Muir, Scottish Poet |
| 1883 | Stanley Robert Marchant, composer |
| 1880 | Otto Dibelius, German theologist/bishop, Confessional Church |
| 1878 | Francisco Pujol, composer |
| 1873 | Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St. Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs |
| 1865 | Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian, Motion |
| 1863 | Frank Hornby, English Inventor |
| 1862 | Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist, La Ronde |
| 1860 | Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson |
| 1859 | Pierre Curie, France, physicist, Nobel 1903 |
| 1856 | L. Frank Baum, American Author |
| 1855 | Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer, Dritte Stiege |
| 1855 | Graf Keyserling, writer |
| 1845 | Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, U.S.S.R., zoologist/bacteriologist, Nobel 1908 |
| 1841 | Giovanni Bolzoni, composer |
| 1830 | Laurence Simmons Baker, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1830 | Martinus W van der Aa, author/Dutch head-editor, The Time |
| 1819 | Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1813 | Stephen Heller, composer |
| 1810 | Jacob Thompson, Confederacy |
| 1808 | Gottfried Herrmann, composer |
| 1808 | Michael William Balfe, composer |
| 1807 | Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer |
| 1802 | Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1795 | Adolf B. Marx, German music theorist |
| 1791 | Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance |
| 1788 | James Gadsden, American Politician |
| 1773 | Clemens L Metternich, Austrian prince |
| 1773 | Prince Metternich, Austrian Politician |
| 1764 | Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer |
| 1759 | Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer |
| 1754 | Pierre Dutillieu, composer |
| 1567 | Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer, L'Orfeo |
| 1565 | Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam |
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