| 1986 | Megan Fox, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, actress, sex symbol, debut film, 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen', breakout role, Mikaela Barnes in movie, 'Transformers', voted 'Sexiest Woman in the World' by FHM |
| 1981 | Jessica Ponzo, Miss New Jersey Teen USA 1996 |
| 1979 | Evan Ferrante, actor, Owen-Swan's Crossing |
| 1978 | Vincent Larusso, Livingston, New Jersey, actor, Adam-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3 |
| 1974 | Conal Groom, Northford Conn, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Keith Thibodeaux, cornerback for the Washington Redskins |
| 1973 | Tori Spelling, American Actress |
| 1972 | Keith Burns, NFL linebacker, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32 |
| 1972 | Matthew Hart, cricketer, New Zealand lefty spinner 1994- |
| 1971 | Khari Jones, CFL/WLAF quarterback, BC Lions, Scottish Claymores |
| 1970 | Eric Lynch, NFL running back, Detroit Lions |
| 1970 | Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina, tennis player 1988 Olympics silver |
| 1969 | Marcel Schewe, cricketer, Holland wicket-keeper 1996 World Cup |
| 1969 | Steven Earl Lewis, born in Los Angeles, California, 4X100/400m runner 1988 Olympics gold |
| 1969 | Tracey Gold, New York City, actress, Carol-Growing Pains, Incredible Sunday |
| 1969 | Tricia Cast, actress, Nina-Young and Restless |
| 1969 | Tucker Carlson, American Journalist |
| 1969 | David Boreanaz, American Actor |
| 1968 | Ralph Tresvant, Boston, singer, New Editon |
| 1966 | Janet Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, singer, Michael's sister, Control |
| 1966 | Scott Reeves, born in Santa Monica, California, actor, Ryan-Young and Restless |
| 1966 | Sean Quilty, Australian marathoner 1996 Olympics |
| 1966 | Thurman Thomas, NFL running back for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1965 | Brent Jasmer, born in Portland, Oregon, actor, Sly-Bold and Beautiful |
| 1965 | Lori Sippel, Stratford Ontario, softball pitcher 1996 Olympics |
| 1965 | John Schofield, born in Barnsley, England, professional soccer player, midfielder, manager of Lincoln City, assistant manager, Cheltenham Town |
| 1965 | Krist Novoselic, American Musician |
| 1964 | John Salley, NBA star, Detroit Pistons |
| 1963 | Jimmy Osmond, rocker, Osmond Brothers |
| 1962 | Gary Crocker, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman |
| 1961 | Nina Arvesen, born in White Plains, New York, actress, Cassandra-Young and Restless |
| 1961 | Kevin McDonald, Canadian Comedian |
| 1960 | Anne Parillaud, Paris, France, actress, Subway, Nikita, Innocent Blood |
| 1960 | Chester Brown, Canadian Cartoonist |
| 1959 | Bob Patterson, born in Jacksonville, Florida, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs |
| 1959 | Mare Winningham, born in Phoenix, Arizona, actress, St. Elmo's Fire, Turner and Hooch |
| 1959 | Ty Armstrong, Waxahachie, Texas, Nike golfer, 1993 Anheuser-Busch-19th |
| 1958 | Glenn Gregory, rock vocalist, Heeaven 17-Electric Dreams |
| 1957 | Joan Benoit Samuelson, born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, marathoner, Gold Medal 1994 Olympics |
| 1955 | Debra Winger, Columbus, Ohio, actress, Officer and Gentleman |
| 1955 | Hazel O'Connor, Coventry, England, singer and actress, Breaking Glass |
| 1955 | Jack Morris, St. Paul, Minnesota, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers |
| 1955 | Olga Korbut, Grodno, Belorussia, gymnast, Olympic-2 golds-1972 |
| 1955 | Jon Porter, American Politician |
| 1954 | Janet Maw, actress, Sparrow, King John, Mayor of Casterbridge |
| 1954 | [Dafydd] Rhys Williams, Saskatoon, Canada, MD/astronaut, sk: STS-90 |
| 1953 | David Maclean, British minister of state |
| 1953 | Richard Page, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, Mr Mister |
| 1953 | Rick Rhoden, pitcher, New York Yankees |
| 1952 | Pierce Brosnan, County Meath Ire, actor, Remington Steele, Golden Eye |
| 1951 | Jonathan Richman, rocker, Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae |
| 1950 | Johannes Bednorz, German superconductivity physicist, Nobel 1987 |
| 1949 | Rick Reuschel, pitcher, New York Yankees |
| 1949 | William Sputnik Spooner, rock guitarist, Grateful Dead, Tubes |
| 1948 | Jimmy Hood, born in Lesmahagow, Scotland, Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East, Labor Party, worked as a mining engineer |
| 1947 | Barbara Lee, U.S. singer, Chiffons, He's So Fine |
| 1947 | Bill Smitrovich, actor, Crime Story, Miami Vice |
| 1947 | Rosie Barnes, born in Nottingham, England, born Rosemary Susan Allen, politician, founding member of the Social Democratic Party, served the Council for Social Democracy, charity organizer |
| 1947 | Bob Edwards, American Journalist |
| 1946 | Jessi B. Wilson, Mississippi, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List |
| 1946 | Roger Earl, rocker, Foghat |
| 1945 | Brewster H Shaw, Jr., Michigan, Col USAF/astronaut, STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28 |
| 1945 | Jim Moran, born in Buffalo, New York, Representative-D-Virginia 1991 - |
| 1945 | Nicky Chinn, English songwriter/producer, Chinn and Chapman |
| 1945 | James P. Moran, American Politician |
| 1944 | Billy Cobham, Panama, jazz artist, Same Ole Love |
| 1943 | Dan Coats, born in Jackson, Michigan, Representative-R-Indiana 1981 - 1999 |
| 1943 | Jon Jost, director, All the Vermeers in New York |
| 1943 | Elizabeth Andrews, British Politician |
| 1941 | Maurice Henry Weddington, composer |
| 1940 | Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma, Italy, director, 1900, Last Emperor |
| 1940 | Gareth Roberts, chancellor, Sheffield University |
| 1939 | Ken Blanchard, born in Orange, New Jersey, author, professional speaker, management expert, co-wrote, 'The One Minute Manager' with Spencer Johnson, sold over 13 million copies in 37 languages, wrote more than 30 successful books |
| 1938 | Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies |
| 1938 | Stuart Bell, born in County Durham, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough |
| 1938 | John Walters, British Musician |
| 1937 | Jim Hunt, born in Wilson, North Carolina, politician, Democratic Party, first and only four-term Governor of North Carolina 1976 - 2001 |
| 1937 | Yvonne Craig, Taylorville, Illinois, actress, Batgirl-Batman, Kissin Cousin |
| 1936 | Philippe de Montebello, Paris, art exhibitionist, Treasures of Tut |
| 1936 | Roy Hudd, comedian, Blood Beast Terror, Vampire Beast Craves Blood |
| 1936 | Karl Lehmann, German Clergyman |
| 1935 | Carol Shields, Canadian Author |
| 1934 | Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies |
| 1934 | Nicholas Goodison, CEO, TSB Group |
| 1932 | Isaac "Redd" Holt, U.S. drummer, Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd |
| 1931 | Donald James Martino, Plainfield, New Jersey, composer, Noturnno-Pulitzer 1974 |
| 1931 | Jack Dodson, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Howard Sprage-Andy Griffith Show |
| 1931 | Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., born in Paris, France, Representative-R-Connecticut 1969 - 1971, Senator-R-Connecticut 1971 - 1989, Governor-D-Connecticut 1991 - 1995 |
| 1931 | Peter Levi, born in Ruislip, England, poet, writer, professor of poetry, University of Oxford, Catholic, spent time in the priesthood |
| 1930 | Desmond Langley, Governor, Bermuda |
| 1930 | Don Conicannon, government minister |
| 1930 | Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist/composer, Hangman's Songs |
| 1930 | Betty Carter, American Musician |
| 1929 | Adrienne Rich, born in Baltimore, Maryland, feminist writer, 'The Diamond Cutters' and 'Arts of the Possible' |
| 1929 | John Conyers, Jr., born in Highland Park, Michigan, Representative-D-Michigan 1965 - |
| 1929 | Osmo Uolevi Lindeman, composer |
| 1929 | John Conyers, American Politician |
| 1928 | Billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman and manager, New York Yankees, Oakland A's |
| 1928 | Reginald Askew, dean, King's College London |
| 1927 | John Walford, solicitor |
| 1926 | Jan Zimmer, composer |
| 1926 | Robert Jay Lifton, American Psychologist |
| 1924 | Dawda Kairaba Jawara, president, Gambia, 1970-94 |
| 1924 | Frank F. Mankiewicz, New York City, columnist, Perfectly Clear |
| 1923 | Merton Miller, American Economist |
| 1922 | Colin Cole, Principal King of Arms |
| 1922 | Russell Wood, treasurer, Queen Elizabeth |
| 1921 | Harry Carey, Jr., Saugus California, actor, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon |
| 1921 | Robert Croften Brown, politician |
| 1920 | Martine Carol, Maryse Mopurer, Saint-Mande France, actress, Nana |
| 1919 | Liberace, West Allis WI, pianist, Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman |
| 1919 | Richard Mason, born near Manchester, England, author, learned Japanese in World War II, interrogated prisoners of war, wrote 'The Wind Cannot Read', 'The Fever Tree', 'The World of Suzie Wong' |
| 1919 | [Wladziu Valentino] Liberace, West Allis Wisconsin, pianist |
| 1918 | Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert |
| 1918 | Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer, Pedro Paramo |
| 1918 | Kevin Skelton, Bishop, Lichfield |
| 1917 | George Gaynes, Helsinki Finland, actor, Henry-Punky Brewster |
| 1917 | Geraint Jones, conductor/organist |
| 1916 | Adriana Caselotti, cartoon voice |
| 1916 | Bernard Braden, broadcaster/actor, All Night Lone, Full Treatment |
| 1916 | Ephraim Katzir, biophysicist/president, Israel |
| 1916 | Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer |
| 1914 | Edward T. Hall, American Scientist |
| 1913 | Woody Herman, jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer, Thundering Herds |
| 1912 | Studs Terkel, born in New York, author, historian, broadcaster, Pulitzer Prize winner |
| 1911 | Margaret Sullavan, born in Norfolk, Virginia, actress, Back Street |
| 1911 | Olaff J de Landell, JB Wemmerslager van Sparwoude, writer |
| 1909 | Charles Wislon, principal, Glasgow University |
| 1909 | David Brock, American Author |
| 1908 | Hilary Preston, editor |
| 1908 | Mohammed Roem, Indonesian foreign minister, Linggadjati |
| 1907 | Robert Tisdall, Ireland, 400m hurdler 1932 Olympics gold |
| 1906 | Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuela, writer/minister, Lanzas Coloradas |
| 1906 | Ernie McCormick, cricketer, Australian quickie of late 30's |
| 1906 | Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master |
| 1905 | H[erbert] E[rnest] Bates, novelist, Feast for July, Love for Lydia |
| 1905 | Henry Fonda, Grand Is, Nebraska, actor, Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond |
| 1904 | Hugh Plaxton, Canada, ice hockey player 1928 Olympics gold |
| 1904 | Lily Pons, opera singer and actress, That Girl From Paris |
| 1902 | Jan Kiepura, Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor, Her Wonderful Lie |
| 1898 | August de Schrijver, Belgian politician/founder, CVP |
| 1897 | Walther Geiser, composer |
| 1893 | Jose Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance, 1925-30 |
| 1893 | Paul Amadeus Pisk, composer |
| 1892 | Coenraad B van Haeringen, linguist/etymologist, Dutch Dictionary |
| 1892 | Richard Tauber, Ernst Seiffert, Austria/British, tenor/conductor |
| 1889 | Joan Collette, Dutch, male, painter, New Church, Delft |
| 1887 | Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor, Brass Buttons, Victory |
| 1887 | J van Hoddis, writer |
| 1880 | Julian Tannen, New York, comedian, Great Moment |
| 1878 | Taylor Holmes, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely |
| 1866 | Ernest Watson Burgess, U.S. sociologist, ecological school |
| 1858 | Frank Lynes, composer |
| 1858 | Hanus Trnecek, composer |
| 1857 | Juan Morel Campos, composer |
| 1850 | Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer |
| 1845 | Dietrich Schafer, German historian, Deutsche Hanse |
| 1832 | Philip Danforth Armour, founder, Armour Foods |
| 1831 | David Edward Hughes, inventor, microphone, teleprinter |
| 1827 | Petrus J H Cuypers, architect, Amsterdam Museum, Central station |
| 1824 | Edmund Kirby Smith, Florida, General Confederate Army |
| 1824 | Levi Parsons Morton, R, 22nd U.S. Vice President, 1889 - 1893 |
| 1822 | Eduard Hille, Dutch composer and conductor |
| 1819 | Daniel Ammen, Captain Union Navy |
| 1816 | Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1806 | George C Cadwalader, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1804 | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator and founder, U.S. kindergarten |
| 1801 | William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, 1861 - 1869, buys Alaska at 2 cents per acre |
| 1801 | William H. Seward, American Statesman |
| 1788 | F Ruckert, writer |
| 1788 | Friedrich Ruckert, born in Schweinfurt, Germany, pseudonym, Freimund Raimar, writer, poet, master of 30 languages, professor of Oriental languages |
| 1782 | John Sell Cotman, water color artist |
| 1763 | Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist, discovered chromium, beryllium |
| 1761 | John Opie, born at Trevellas, England, teacher, artist, portraitist, historical works include, the Assassination of James I, Murder of Rizzio |
| 1748 | Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch |
| 1718 | Maria G Agnesi, Italy mathematician curves= xy=a, a-y |
| 1659 | Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist |
| 1641 | Dudley North, financier/economist |
| 1609 | Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands |
| 1558 | Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/Governor of Netherlands, 1598 - 1600 |
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