| 1996 | Austin Michael Luciano, actor, Dante Carlino-Another World |
| 1990 | Zenouska Mowatt, granddaughter of English princess Alexandra |
| 1976 | Benji Gregory, born in Encino, California, actor, Brian Tanner-Alf |
| 1976 | Markus Wieland, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998 |
| 1976 | Scott Humphries, born in Greely, Colorado, tennis star, 1995 doubles Binghampton |
| 1975 | Christopher Lindsey Donaldson, Dunedin New Zealand, 100m/200m runner 1996 Olympics |
| 1975 | Travis Lee, born in San Diego, California, baseball 1st baseman 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1975 | Lauryn Hill, born in South Orange, New Jersey, singer, actress, won five Grammy's for 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' album, which sold over 18 million copies worldwide |
| 1971 | Darwin Ireland, NFL linebacker for the Chicago Bears |
| 1971 | Lewis Capes, WLAF defensive tackle for the London Monarchs |
| 1971 | Steven Rice, Kitchener, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers |
| 1971 | Matt Stone, born in Houston, Texas, musician, actor, screenwriter, co-creator of 'South Park' Emmy-Award winning television series, co-created film, 'Team America: World Police' |
| 1970 | Sam Mack, NBA forward and guard, Houston Rockets, Vancouver Grizzlies |
| 1970 | Sebastian Barrie, NFL defensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1968 | Phillip Rhodes, born in America, drummer, member, Gin Blossoms alternative rock band |
| 1968 | Frederik, Heir Apparent Crown Prince of Denmark |
| 1968 | Rachael Sporn, Australian basketball forward 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1967 | Igor Zemlyanoy, hockey defenseman, Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998 |
| 1967 | Jean Bartholomew, Queens, New York, LPGA golfer, 1989 Duke U Champ |
| 1966 | Anthony Edwards, NFL wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1966 | Billy Downes, Camden, New Jersey, Nike golfer, 1994 New England Classic |
| 1966 | Grant Bradburn, cricketer, son of Wynne New Zealand off-spinner 1990- |
| 1966 | Zola Budd, born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, track and field long distance runner, trained and raced barefoot, politically controversial figure, two-time Women's 5000 meters world record holder, two-time World Cross Country Championships winner |
| 1966 | Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress |
| 1965 | Greg Lloyd, NFL linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1965 | Jacqueline Mary Nelson, Upper Hutt New Zealand, points race cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1964 | Kevin Kennedy, baseball manager for the Texas Rangers |
| 1964 | Lenny Kravitz, singer/guitar, 911 is a Joke, Are You Gonna Go My Way? |
| 1963 | Charles Van Eman, Pitts, actor, Charlie-All My Children, Dynasty II |
| 1962 | Bob[cat] Goldthwait, Syracuse, New York, comedian, Police Academy |
| 1962 | Colin Vearncombe, rocker, Black-Wonderful Like |
| 1962 | Genie Francis, Englewood, New Jersey, actress, General Hospital, Bare Essence |
| 1961 | Stephen Robert Pate, Ventura California, PGA golfer, 1987 Southwest Classic |
| 1959 | Beverly Lee, born in Passaic, New Jersey, singer, member, trademark holder for The Shirelles, an all girl vocal pop group |
| 1959 | Brian Peaker, London Ontario, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1959 | Nancy White-Brophy, Montague PEI, LPGA golfer, 1994 McCall's-25th |
| 1957 | Margaret Colin, actress, Independence Day, Three Men and a Baby |
| 1955 | Candace L Collins, Dupo Illinois, playmate, Dec, 1979 |
| 1951 | Muhammed Ahmad Faris, Syria, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-3 |
| 1951 | Sally Kristen Ride, born in Los Angeles, California, 1st U.S. woman astronaut, STS-7, STS 41G |
| 1951 | Sally Ride, born in Encino, California, physicist, astronaut, first American woman crewmember in space on the Challenger, founded NASA's Office of Exploration |
| 1949 | Dayle Haddon, Montreal Quebec Canada, actress, Bedroom Eyes |
| 1949 | Hank Williams, Jr., born in Shreveport, Louisiana, country singer, Honky Tonk |
| 1949 | Pam Grier, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, actress, Big Bird Cage, Tough Enough |
| 1949 | Philip Michael Thomas, Columbus Ohio, actor, Miami Vice |
| 1948 | Geoff Greenidge, cricketer, no relation to Gordon, WI opener 1972-74 |
| 1947 | Glenn Turner, cricketer, masterful New Zealand opening batsman |
| 1947 | Piers Gray, critic/writer |
| 1947 | Sherry Bain, California, actress, Pipe Dreams |
| 1946 | Stevie Nicks, born in Phoenix, Arizona, rocker, Fleetwood Mac-Bella Donna |
| 1946 | Simon Hoggart, British Journalist |
| 1945 | Garry Peterson, rocker, Guess Who |
| 1944 | Verden "Phally" Allen, keyboardist, Mott the Hoople |
| 1943 | Erica G Terpstra, Olympic swimmer/Dutch MP, VVD |
| 1942 | Levon Helm, drummer/singer, Band |
| 1942 | Ray Ennis, England, guitar, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good |
| 1941 | Imants Kalnins, born in Riga, Latvia, composer, wrote six symphonies, first composer of intellectual rock music, Latvia's most important composer |
| 1939 | Brent Musburger, sportscaster, CBS-TV |
| 1939 | Gerald Ronson, English multi-millionaire |
| 1938 | Jackie Liebesit, rocker, Can |
| 1938 | Teresa Stratas, Anastasia Stratakis, Toronto, soprano, Salome |
| 1938 | William Elden Bolcom, born in Seattle Washington, composer, Oracles |
| 1937 | Yehuda Yannay, born in Romania, composer, film maker, performance artist, international figure in contemporary music |
| 1934 | Abdulah M "Dulah" Omar, South African attorney/UDF-leader |
| 1931 | Jim Frey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, manager, coach, Major League Baseball teams, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs |
| 1929 | Hugo Raes, Flemish writer, Horses Jump and Fresh Sea |
| 1927 | Jacques Bergerac, France, actor, Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in Sun |
| 1926 | Miles Davis, born in Alton, Illinois, jazz trumpeter, L'ascenseur pour l'echafaud |
| 1926 | Maria de Lourdes Martins, composer |
| 1925 | Alec McCowen, Tunbridge Wells England, actor, Never Say Never Again |
| 1924 | T. Cooper Evans, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Representative-R-Iowa, 1981 - 1987 |
| 1924 | Victor Herbert, Irish/US composer, Kiss in Dark |
| 1923 | Horst Tapper, German director/actor, Derrick |
| 1923 | James Arness, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, actor, Matt Dillon-Gunsmoke, Thing |
| 1923 | Oren Lee Staley, 1st President of National Farmers Organization, 1955-79 |
| 1923 | Roy Dotrice, Guernsey Channel Island, actor, Wizard |
| 1921 | Frank Mooney, cricketer, dependable wicket-keeper for New Zealand in 13 Tests |
| 1920 | Jack Cheetham, cricketer, South African batsman, Test captain early 50's |
| 1920 | Peggy Lee, Norma Egstrom, Jamestown ND, singer, Thats All There Is? |
| 1919 | Jay Silverheels, actor, Tonto-Lone Ranger |
| 1919 | Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh, journalist |
| 1914 | Archie Duncan, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Sherlock Holmes |
| 1913 | Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician |
| 1913 | Peter Cushing, England, actor, Dracula, Star Wars, Dr. Who |
| 1913 | Robert Shaw, town planner |
| 1912 | Janos Kadar, premier Hungary, 1956-58 |
| 1911 | Ben Alexander, NV, actor, Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr. Doodles Kicks Off |
| 1910 | Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico |
| 1910 | Laurance S Rockefeller, New York City, CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank |
| 1909 | Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach, Manchester United |
| 1909 | Richard Maibaum, New York City, screenwriter, Goldfinger |
| 1909 | J. Irwin Miller, American Businessman |
| 1908 | Malando, Arie Maasland, composer/orchestra leader, Ole Guapa |
| 1908 | Robert Morley, England, actor, High Road to China, African Queen |
| 1907 | Carleton Young, New York, actor, Reefer Madness, Pride of the Bowery |
| 1907 | John Wayne, Winterset, Iowa, actor, Green Berets, True Grit |
| 1903 | Estes Kefauver, born in Madisonville, Tennessee, Senator-D-Tennessee 1949 - 1963 |
| 1899 | Otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian |
| 1899 | Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal |
| 1898 | Ernst Bacon, composer |
| 1898 | Gerard Bertouille, composer |
| 1895 | Dorothea Lange, U.S. documentary photographer |
| 1895 | Paul Lukas, Budapest Hungary, actor, Watch on the Rhine, Sphynx |
| 1893 | Eugene Goossens, born in London, England, conductor and composer, Perseus |
| 1893 | Norma Talmadge, New York, actress, Sign on Door, Camille |
| 1891 | Maxwell Bodenheim, American Poet |
| 1890 | Kurt Edzard, German sculptor, nudes/portraits |
| 1886 | Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson, jazz singer/silent actor, Mamie, Swanee |
| 1884 | Charles Winninger, Athens Wisconsin, actor, Charlie Farrell Show |
| 1877 | Isadora Duncan, SF, free form/interpretative dancer |
| 1877 | Jean Schlumberger, French writer, La Mort de Sparte |
| 1877 | Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War, 1931-34 |
| 1876 | Jack Root, boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion |
| 1874 | Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer, double decker |
| 1873 | Cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder, New Taalgids |
| 1871 | Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier, 1946-47 |
| 1867 | Mary, queen of Great Britain and North Ireland |
| 1866 | John Eigenhuis, writer, Tough Workers |
| 1865 | Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator |
| 1859 | Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet, A Buried Life |
| 1856 | George Templeton Strong, composer |
| 1853 | Monroe A Althouse, composer |
| 1850 | Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress, Stupid force |
| 1846 | Arthur Coquard, composer |
| 1835 | Edward Porter Alexander, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1825 | Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer |
| 1822 | Edmond de Goncourt, French Writer |
| 1806 | Henry Knox Thatcher, Commander Union Navy |
| 1799 | Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer, Eugene Onegin |
| 1799 | August Kopisch, German writer, Die Heinzelmannchen von Koln |
| 1782 | Joseph Drechsler, composer |
| 1773 | Hans Georg Nageli, composer |
| 1771 | Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author |
| 1764 | Edward Livingston, American Judge |
| 1759 | Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley |
| 1700 | Nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist |
| 1689 | Mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric |
| 1667 | Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician, De Moivre's theorem |
| 1591 | Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer |
| 1566 | Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey, 1595-1603 |
| 1478 | Clement VII, Giulio de' Medici, Italy, Pope, 1523-34 |
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