| 1985 | Sarah Hughes, born in Great Neck, New York, professional ice skater, 2002 Olympic gold medalist, biography 'Sudden Champion: The Sara Hughes Story' |
| 1977 | Amy D'Entremont, Stoneham Massachusetts, figure skater, 1995 NE, Jr. champ |
| 1977 | Jenna Von Oy, actress, Seven-Blossom |
| 1976 | Ailleen Damiles, Miss Universe-Philippines/Miss Photogenic 1996 |
| 1976 | Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star |
| 1975 | Mark Johnson, Dayton Ohio, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1975 | Murray William Burdan, Wellington, New Zealand, swimmer 1996 Olympics |
| 1975 | David Beckham, English Actor |
| 1974 | Miles Joseph, West Springfield Massachusetts, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1973 | Rich Yurkiewicz, NFL/WLAF linebacker, Atlanta Falcons, Amst Admirals |
| 1972 | Erik Maes, Dutch soccer player, MVV |
| 1972 | Jennifer Miriam, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, playmate, March, 1997 |
| 1972 | Jill Savery, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, synchronized swimmer, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1972 | Peter Ogilvie, Vancouver BC, 100m sprinter 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Dwayne Johnson, American Athlete |
| 1971 | Greg Bishop, NFL guard for the New York Giants |
| 1970 | Vania Thomas, Miss U.S. Virgin Islands Universe 1997 |
| 1969 | Brian Lara, cricketer, WI left-hand bat Smashed world records in 1994 |
| 1969 | Glen Young, NFL linebacker for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1968 | Reggie Slack, CFL quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 1968 | Will Furrer, WLAF quarterback for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1967 | Kerryn McCann, Australian marathoner 1996 Olympics |
| 1964 | Kelly Michael Gibson, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1995 Bob Hope-7th |
| 1963 | Brian Tochi, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Dr. Alan Poe-St. Elsewhere, Renegades |
| 1963 | Jos van Eck, Dutch soccer player, Sparta |
| 1963 | Kenton Leonard, CFL cornerback for the Calgary Stampeders |
| 1962 | Elizabeth Berridge, Westchester, New York, actress, Amadeus, Funhouse |
| 1962 | Nancy Harvey, Swift Current Sask, LPGA golfer, 1995 Youngstown-11th |
| 1961 | Doctor Robert, Bruce R Howard, rocker, Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways |
| 1961 | Peter Doohan, Australia, tennis star |
| 1960 | Ravi Ratnayeke, cricketer, Sri Lankan pace bowler and opening batsman |
| 1958 | Kim Jones, Sonoma California, 5k runner |
| 1957 | Domonic L Pudwill Gorie, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USN/astronaut, sk: STS-91 |
| 1955 | Ian Callen, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. India 1978, six wickets |
| 1955 | Dave Winer, American Scientist |
| 1955 | Donatella Versace, Italian Designer |
| 1954 | Bulelani T Ngcuka, South African attorney/leader, UDF |
| 1953 | "Keith" Jamaal Wilkes, NBA forward, Golden State-Rookie of Yr 1975 |
| 1952 | Christine Baranski, Buffalo, New York, actress, Maryann-Cybill, Birdcage |
| 1950 | Lou Gramm, born in Rochester, New York, given name Loyis Grammatico, rocker, singer, songrwriter, drummer, lead vocalist for Foreigner |
| 1950 | Scott McCallum, American Politician |
| 1949 | Joey Phillips, percussionist, Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover |
| 1948 | Larry Gatlin, Seminole, Texas, country singer, Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady |
| 1946 | Lesley Gore, Tenafly, New Jersey, singer, It's My Party |
| 1945 | Bianca Perez Morena de Macias Jagger, Nicaragua, model/Mick's ex-wife |
| 1945 | Bob Henrit, English pop drummer, Kinks-Waterloo Sunset |
| 1945 | Goldy McJohn, rocker, Steppenwolf |
| 1945 | Randy Cain, U.S. soul singer, 4 Gents/Delfonics |
| 1945 | Robert Henrit, England, rocker, Argent |
| 1945 | Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan Celebrity |
| 1944 | John Verity, rocker, Argent |
| 1941 | Jules Wijdenbosch, premier Suriname |
| 1941 | Paul Darrow, British Actor |
| 1940 | Bryan Davis, cricketer, bro of Charlie WI batsman vs. Australia 1965 |
| 1940 | Sari van Heemskerck Pillis-Duvekot, Dutch MP, VVD |
| 1938 | Constantine Bereng Seeiso, king Moshushoe II of Lesotho |
| 1937 | Lorenzo Music, born in Brooklyn, New York, writer/actor/voice, Carlton-Rhoda, Garfield |
| 1936 | Michael Rabin, New York City, violinist, In Memorium |
| 1936 | Quinn Redeker, Woodstock, Illinois, actor, Dan Raven, Young and Restless |
| 1935 | Faisal II, King of Iraq, 1939-58, son of Ghasi I |
| 1935 | Hussain ibn Talal, King of Jordan, 1952- |
| 1935 | Link Wray, rocker, Link Wray and His Ray Men |
| 1933 | Bunk Gardner, rocker, Mothers Of Invention |
| 1932 | Bruce Glover, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Diamonds are Forever |
| 1932 | Kees de Galan, Dutch economist |
| 1932 | Malcolm Leyland Lipkin, composer |
| 1929 | Edward Levy Irving, composer |
| 1929 | Luc Ferrari, born in Paris, France, composer, concentrated on musical composition, collaborated with Pierre Schaeffer from 1957 - 1966, extended notion of abstract music, interested in breaking barriers that force musical tradition |
| 1929 | Sydney Gedye, cricketer, opening batsman in four Tests for New Zealand 1964 |
| 1925 | David Ironside, cricketer, South Africa swing bowler in 3 Tests vs. New Zealand 1953-54 |
| 1925 | John Neville, actor, Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
| 1925 | Roscoe Lee Browne, Woodbury, New Jersey, actor, McCoy, Saunders-Soap |
| 1925 | Svatopluk Havelka, composer |
| 1924 | Aafje Heynis, Dutch singer |
| 1924 | Theodore Bikel, Austrian/US folk singer and actor, Russians Are Coming |
| 1923 | Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer |
| 1922 | Abraham Rosenthal, editor, New York Times |
| 1921 | Satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director, Goddess, Adversary |
| 1920 | Jacob Gilboa, composer |
| 1919 | Than Wyenn, New York City, actor, Pete Kelly's Blues |
| 1918 | Frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat |
| 1915 | Jan Hanus, born in Czechoslovakia, composer, music expressed anti-Nazi, anti-Fascist, anti-Communist sentiments, studied with Otakar Jeremias a the Prague Conservatory |
| 1915 | Van Alexander, New York City, orchestra leader, Gordon MacRae Show |
| 1914 | Dennis Dyer, cricketer, opened batting for South Africa vs. England 1947 |
| 1913 | Nigel Patrick, London England, actor and director, Sapphire, Prize of Gold |
| 1912 | Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate |
| 1912 | Marten Toonder, writer/cartoonist, Mr Bommel |
| 1911 | Lillian Rambach, teacher violinist |
| 1910 | Laurie Nash, cricketer, Tasmanian fast-bowler, 2 Tests for Australia |
| 1909 | Larry Harvey, American Celebrity |
| 1909 | Terry Goodkind, American Writer |
| 1908 | William Bakewell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Stage manager-Pinky Lee Show |
| 1907 | Pinky Lee, children's show host, Pinky Lee Show |
| 1906 | Aileen Riggin, Newport, Rhode Island, springboard diver, Gold Medal 1920, 1924 Olympics |
| 1906 | Maurice Thiriet, composer |
| 1905 | Alan Rawsthorne, Haslingden England, composer, Corteges |
| 1904 | Georgi Dimitrov, composer |
| 1903 | Benjamin Spock, CT, pediatrician, Common Sense Book of Baby Care |
| 1903 | Oivin Fjeldstad, composer |
| 1902 | Brian Aherne, Worcestershire England, actor, Juarez |
| 1902 | Erin O'Brien-Moore, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Peyton Place, Our Little Girl |
| 1901 | Bob Wyatt, cricketer, England batsman 1927-37 |
| 1901 | Lev N. Lunts, Russia, writer, Outside the Law, City of Truth |
| 1901 | Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer |
| 1901 | Willi Bredel, writer |
| 1900 | Helen Morgan, singer and actress, Applause, Frankie and Johnny |
| 1898 | Jef [Josephus C F] Last, Dutch poet/politician, The Spark |
| 1895 | Alfred Kurella, writer |
| 1895 | Peggy Bacon, Ridgefield, Connecticut, author/illustrator, Off With Their Heads |
| 1892 | Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, Red Baron, German WW I ace |
| 1892 | Manfred von Richthofen, German Aviator |
| 1890 | E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith, U.S., sci-fi author, Triplanetary |
| 1887 | Edward Collins, New York, Hall of Fame infielder, White Sox, A's |
| 1886 | Gottfried Benn, writer |
| 1884 | Francois de Vries, Dutch economist |
| 1879 | James F. Byrnes, American Politician |
| 1872 | G G van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief, NRC |
| 1869 | Tyrone Power Sr, born in London, England, actor, Alexanders Ragtime Band |
| 1862 | Marie F M Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist, Salamine |
| 1860 | D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist, On Growth and Form |
| 1860 | Theodor Herzl, Austria, journalist/founder, Zionist movement |
| 1859 | Eugene D'Harcourt, composer |
| 1859 | Jerome K. Jerome, English Author |
| 1857 | Frederic Cliffe, composer |
| 1855 | Theodore Moses Tobani, composer |
| 1853 | Marie Verstraete, actress, Louise-Frou Frou |
| 1849 | Furst Bernhard HM von Bulow, German chancellor/Prussian PM, 1900-09 |
| 1846 | Zygmunt Noskowski, composer |
| 1844 | Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents |
| 1843 | Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer |
| 1837 | Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian, Robert's Rules of Order |
| 1821 | Abram Sanders Piatt, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1817 | Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer |
| 1810 | Hans Christian Lumbye, composer |
| 1810 | Leo XIII, 257th Roman Catholic pope, 1878-1903 |
| 1779 | John Galt, Scotland, novelist, Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd |
| 1772 | Novalis, born in Oberwiederstedt, Germany, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night' |
| 1768 | Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist |
| 1754 | Vicente Martin y Soler, composer |
| 1752 | Ludwig August Lebrun, composer |
| 1740 | Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found American Biblical Society |
| 1729 | Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia, 1762-96 |
| 1729 | Florian Johann Deller, composer |
| 1660 | Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer, Tigrane |
| 1601 | Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor, magic lantern |
| 1551 | William Camden, English historian, Brittania, Annales |
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