| 1976 | Kevin Garnett, NBA forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 1973 | Andreas Johansson, Hofors SWE, NHL forward, Pitts, New York Islanders |
| 1972 | Ronald Williams, CFL running back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1972 | Willie Brown, NFL/WLAF linebacker, Seattle Seahawks. Rhein Fire |
| 1971 | Darryl Morrison, NFL safety for the Washington Redskins |
| 1971 | Lori Ann Mundt, Yorkto,n Saskatchawan, volleyball player 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Cecile Ulbrich Tucker, Warren, Maine, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | David Wharton, born in Warminster, Pennsylvania, U.S. Olympic swimmer, Silver Medal 1988 Olympics |
| 1969 | Kevin Scott, WLAF cornerback for the Scotland Claymores |
| 1969 | Richard Dumas, NBA forward for the Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1968 | James Parrish, NFL outside linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1968 | Jeanne Basone, Brubank, California, wrestler, Hollywood-GLOW |
| 1968 | Mark Janssens, Surrey, NHL center, Hartford Whalers |
| 1968 | Paul Justin, NFL quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts |
| 1968 | Theo de Raadt, South African Scientist |
| 1967 | John Friesz, NFL quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1967 | Turk Wendell, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs |
| 1966 | Sophia Crawford, born in London, England, actress, Power Rangers |
| 1966 | Keith Jennings, NFL tight end for the Chicago Bears |
| 1966 | Marc Bureau, Trois Rivieres, NHL center, Montreal Canadiens |
| 1965 | Edward Odumbe, cricketer, Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup |
| 1965 | Joshua Rifkind, actor, Marshall Chronicles |
| 1964 | Michael Dean Standly, Abilene, Texas, PGA golfer, 1993 Freeport-McMoRan |
| 1963 | Yazz, Yasmin Evans, Mrs. Simon La Bon/rocker, Fine Time |
| 1962 | Iain Harvie, Scottish rock guitarist, Nothing Ever Happens |
| 1961 | Lisa Rathgber, Hillsboro, Illinois, bowler, LPBT Rookie of Year 1980 |
| 1961 | Lisa Wagner, bowler, 3-time LPBT Player of Year, Bowler of Decade |
| 1959 | Nicole Brown Simpson, Frankford Germany, Mrs. O. J. Simpson, murdered |
| 1957 | Bill Laimbeer, NBA forward, Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons |
| 1956 | Althea Gwyn, WBL center, New York Stars |
| 1956 | Martyn Ware, rocker, Heaven 17-Electric Dreams |
| 1956 | Steve Ford, actor, Young and Restless, son of President Gerald Ford |
| 1955 | Ed Whitson, pitcher, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres |
| 1955 | Pierre J Thuot, Groton Conn, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-36, 49, 62 |
| 1954 | Rick Cerone, Newark, New Jersey, catcher, Yankees/Red Sox/Mets/Expos |
| 1953 | Henry Lascelles, English grandson of princess Mary |
| 1952 | Joey Ramone, Jeffrey Hyman, rock drummer, Ramones - Baby I Love You |
| 1949 | Dusty Hill, rocker, ZZ Top |
| 1948 | Grace Jones, born in Spanishtown Jamacia, singer and actress, Vamp |
| 1948 | Jean-Pierre Haignere, France, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-17 |
| 1948 | Tom Scott, Louisiana, saxophonist/bandleader, Pat Sajak Show |
| 1947 | Jerry Hyman, Brooklyn, rock singer/trombonist, Blood Sweat and Tears |
| 1946 | Diedre Lenihan, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actress, Wendy-Needles and Pins |
| 1946 | Michele Placido, Foggia Italy, actor, La Lupa, Poliziotti |
| 1946 | Phillip Rudd, Melbourne, rock drummer, AC/DC-Rock 'n Roll Damnation |
| 1945 | Pete Townshend, British Musician |
| 1944 | Peter Mayhew, British Actor |
| 1942 | Gary Kildall, creator of CP/M |
| 1942 | James Topping, author of CP/M |
| 1941 | Jane Brody, writer/nutritionist |
| 1941 | Jimmy Hoffa, Jr., son of Jimmy Hoffa/Teamster union leader |
| 1941 | Marc-Antonio Consoli, composer |
| 1941 | Nora Ephron, New York, novelist/screenwriter/director, Michael, Heartburn |
| 1941 | James P. Hoffa, American Businessman |
| 1940 | Carlos Diegues, actor, Xica |
| 1940 | Frank Lorenzo, airline executive, Continental, Texas Air, Eastern |
| 1940 | Joan Staley, playmate, Nov, 1958 |
| 1940 | Mickey Newbury, born in Houston, Texas, singer, member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, wrote songs for Acuff-Rose Music |
| 1939 | 17th earl of Pembroke, English landowner/director, Emily |
| 1939 | Francis R. Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, STS-41C, 51L-Chal disaster |
| 1939 | James Fox, born in London, England, actor, Greystoke |
| 1939 | Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong, actress, Flower Drum Song, World of Suzie Wong |
| 1939 | Richard Lowe Teitelbaum, composer |
| 1939 | Tomasz Sikorski, composer |
| 1938 | James Bilbray, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, Representative-D-Nevada 1987 - 1995 |
| 1937 | Sanne Sannes, Dutch photographer |
| 1936 | Elisabeth Schwartz, Austria, pairs figure skater 1956 Olympics gold |
| 1935 | David Hartman, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, TV personality, Good Morning America |
| 1934 | David Sinclair, actor, Love and Hate |
| 1934 | James Charles Lehrer, Wichita, Kansas, news anchor, McNeil-Lehrer Report |
| 1934 | Jan Wijn, born in Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch pianist, piano teacher, played contemporary classical music to national and international audiences |
| 1934 | Jim Lehrer, American Journalist |
| 1933 | Edward de Bono, physician, inventor, consultant, author, invented term lateral thinking, promoted deliberate teaching of thinking as a subject in public schools, advanced applied psychology, making theories about creativity, perception into usable tools |
| 1931 | Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter |
| 1930 | Lorraine Hansberry, playwright, Raisin in the Sun |
| 1929 | Harvey Cox, U.S. theologist, Secular City |
| 1929 | Michael Adamis, composer |
| 1928 | Anthony C B Chapman, England, sports car builder/autoracer, Formula 1 |
| 1927 | Serge Lang, Mathematician |
| 1925 | Malcolm X, Little, Detroit Red, Omaha NB, founder, Black Muslims |
| 1925 | Malcom X, American Clergyman |
| 1924 | Sandy Wilson, born in Sale, England, composer, songwriter, musicals include 'The Boy Friend', 'Divorce Me', 'Darling!', 'Aladdin' |
| 1922 | David McLean, born in Akron, Ohio, actor, Tate-Tate |
| 1921 | Charles van de Reve, slavic, Belief of Kameraden |
| 1921 | Daniel Gelin, Angers France, Maria Schneider's dad, actor, Obsession |
| 1921 | Karel van het Reve, Dutch Slavist, Comrade's Religion |
| 1919 | Betty Jameson, Norman, Oklahoma, LPGA golfer, 1947 U.S. Women's Open |
| 1918 | Florence Chadwick, swimmer, 1st to swim English Channel both ways |
| 1918 | Abraham Pais, Dutch Scientist |
| 1915 | Pol Pot, dictator/mass murderer |
| 1913 | Albert Hardy, photographer |
| 1913 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, president of India |
| 1910 | Alan Melville, cricketer, graceful South African batsman 1938-49 |
| 1909 | Bruce Bennett, born in California, Olympic shot-put silver medalist, actor, played 'Tarzan', given name, Herman Brix |
| 1909 | Schlomo Joffe, composer |
| 1909 | Matt Gonzalez, American Politician |
| 1909 | Carsten Nicolai, German Artist |
| 1909 | Augusten Burroughs, American Writer |
| 1904 | Anthony Bushell, Kent England, actor, Journey's End |
| 1904 | Sven Thofelt, Sweden, pentathlete 1928 Olympics gold |
| 1899 | Leonid Maksimovich Leonov, novelist/playwright |
| 1896 | Michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon |
| 1895 | Albert Hay Malotte, composer |
| 1895 | Cecil Gray, composer |
| 1892 | Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author, Povestj Zjizni, |
| 1890 | Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam, 1946, 1969 |
| 1884 | Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, Adriaan Brouwer, or 5/10 |
| 1883 | Henricus WJM Keuls, Dutch lawyer/poet, Dancing Lamp |
| 1880 | Allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam, 1924 |
| 1879 | Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor |
| 1879 | Nancy Astor, British Politician |
| 1878 | Adam von Ahn Carse, composer |
| 1876 | Saint-Georges de Bouchelier, French author, Le Rois Sans Couronne |
| 1876 | Wilson Mizner, born in Benicia, California, playwright, entrepreneur, raconteur, wrote, 'The Deep Purple', 'The Greyhound', opium addict, boxing manager, hotel manager, managed restaurant The Brown Derby, with brother, Addison Mizner |
| 1874 | Gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer, The Croucher |
| 1873 | Federico Gerdes, composer |
| 1869 | Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State |
| 1864 | Carl Ethan Akeley, U.S., naturalist, devoleped animal mount process |
| 1860 | Victor E Orlando, Italy's premier, 1917-19 |
| 1859 | Nellie Melba, Heal Mitchell, Australian soprano, Peach Melba |
| 1858 | Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer/traveller, Surinam |
| 1839 | Alice Mary Smith, composer |
| 1828 | Adin Ballou Underwood, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1815 | John Gross Barnard, Major General Union Army |
| 1812 | Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1808 | Samuel Jameson Gholson, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1795 | Johns Hopkins, philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University |
| 1770 | Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer |
| 1762 | Johann G Fichte German philosopher, Wissenschaftslehre |
| 1755 | Gabriele Prota, composer |
| 1746 | Johann Friedrich Peter, composer |
| 1616 | Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer |
| 1611 | Innocent XI, Benedetto Odescalchi, Italy, 240th Pope, 1676-89 |
| 1469 | Giovanni della Robbia, Italian sculptor |
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