| 1980 | Brooke Bennett, 800m freestyle, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1980 | Kasumi Takahashi, Tokyo, Japan, Australian rhythmic gymnast 1996 Olympics |
| 1977 | Gabriela Aguilar, Miss Costa Rica Universe 1997 |
| 1977 | Shannon Shakespeare, Mission BC, 100m swimmer 1996 Olympics |
| 1977 | Trent Steed, Sydney, Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics |
| 1976 | Lindsay Page, Madison, Wisconsin, figure skater, 1997 E Great Lakes Sr-3rd |
| 1973 | Clay Williams, OL for the Indianapolis Colts |
| 1973 | Joe Spiteri, Australian soccer striker, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Wendy Ward, born in San Antonio, Texas, LPGA golfer, 1995 GHP Classic-15th |
| 1972 | Dean Larsson, BC Canada, Nike golfer, 1994 Monterrey Open-46th |
| 1972 | Martin Brodeur, Montreal, NHL goalie, New Jersey Devils, Team Canada |
| 1971 | Rob Holmberg, NFL linebacker for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1970 | Emerson Martin, NFL guard, Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers, Packers |
| 1969 | Mark Thomas, NFL defensive end, Carolina Panthers, Packers, Bears |
| 1969 | Pascall Davis, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1968 | Andy Kelly, WLAF quarterback for the Rhein Fire |
| 1968 | Linnea Marie Fayard, Shrevept, Louisiana, Miss Louisiana-America, 1991-5th |
| 1967 | Patrick F. Manning, Jr., Poughkeepsie, New York, rower 1992 Olympics |
| 1965 | Bob Bassen, Calgary, NHL center for the Dallas Stars |
| 1965 | Ken Harvey, NFL linebacker for the Washington Redskins |
| 1965 | Norman Whiteside, British soccer player |
| 1965 | Paul Frase, NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 |
| 1965 | Tim Simpson, born in Atlanta, Georgia, Nike golfer, 1985 Southern Open |
| 1965 | Zahid Sadiq, born in Kenya, cricketer, right-handed batsman, played for Surrey County Cricket Club, Derbyshire County Cricket Club, England |
| 1964 | Dana Hill [Goetz], Van Nuys California, actress, 2 of Us, Shoot the Moon |
| 1964 | Kim Oden, U.S. Olympic volleyball player, NCAA Play of Decade-80s |
| 1964 | Mike Grob, Billings Montana, Canadian Tour golfer, 1988 Manitoba-3rd |
| 1964 | Mike McGruder, NFL cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1963 | Alessandra Ferri, British ballerina, American Ballet Theater |
| 1962 | Lori Singer, born in Corpus Christi, Texas, actress, Jurasic Park |
| 1962 | Neil Foster, cricketer, England right-fast medium |
| 1961 | Clay O'Brien, Ray, Arizona, actor, Weedy-Cowboys |
| 1961 | George Clooney, Lexington, Kentucky, actor, Dr. Douglas Ross-ER, Batman |
| 1961 | Roma Downey, Derry Ire, actress, 1 Life to Live, Touched by an Angel |
| 1960 | Bart de Boer, Dutch guitarist, Ivy Green |
| 1960 | Julianne Phillips, Lake Oswego, Oregon, actress, Frankie Reed-Sisters |
| 1960 | Larry Steinbachek, rock synthesizer, Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy |
| 1959 | Aidan Quinn, actor, Avalon, Crusoe, Desperately Seeking Susan |
| 1959 | Charles Hendry, born in West Sussex, England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Wealden |
| 1959 | Eric Fingerhut, born in University Heights, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio 1993 - 1995 |
| 1959 | Kate Collins, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Natalie Hunter-All My Children |
| 1959 | Scott Hood, born in Seattle, Washington Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 Montana Open-2nd |
| 1955 | Donald A Thomas, born in Cleveland, Ohio, PhD/Astronaut, STS-65, 70, 83, 94 |
| 1955 | John Hutton, born in Westcliff-on-Sea, England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Secretary of State for Defence |
| 1955 | Tom Bergeron, American Celebrity |
| 1954 | Sergei Nikolayevich Tresvyatsky, Russia, cosmonaut |
| 1953 | Lynn Whitfield, Baton Rouge, actress, Josephine Baker, Equal Justice |
| 1953 | Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, Labour, 1997- |
| 1952 | Chiaki Naito-Mukai, Tatebayashi Japan, astronaut, STS-65, sk:95 |
| 1950 | Robbie McIntosh, drummer, Avg White Band-Show your Hand |
| 1949 | David Cornell Leestma, Muskegon, Michigan, USN/astronaut, STS-41-G, 28, 45 |
| 1948 | Lolita, Abrazame, spanish singer, Esperame |
| 1948 | Richard Cox, New York City, actor, Mark-Executive Suite |
| 1947 | Andy Roberts, cricketer, New Zealand batsman 1976 |
| 1947 | Ben Masters, Corvalis OR, actor, Vic-Another World, Making Mr. Right |
| 1947 | Dennis Cowan, London, rocker, Bonzo Dog Band |
| 1947 | Dick Fosbury, born in Portland, Oregon, high jumper, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1946 | Jim Ramstad, born in Jamestown, North Dakota, Representative-R-Minnesota 1991 - 2009 |
| 1946 | Susan Brown, actress, Gail Baldwin-General Hospital |
| 1946 | Sydne Rome, born in Akron, Ohio, actress, What?, Candy |
| 1945 | Bob Seger, Dearborn, Michigan, folk singer, Silver Bullet Band-Shake Down |
| 1945 | Richard Eyers, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, My Friend Irma, Stagecoach West |
| 1941 | Fred J. Eckert, born in Rochester, New York, Representative-D-New York, 1985 - 1987 |
| 1941 | Ghena Dimitrova, actress, Nabucco |
| 1940 | Henry Habibe, Arubian poet, Kerensentenchi |
| 1940 | Murray Sidlin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, conductor, National Symph 1973-77 |
| 1939 | Anthony Blacker, master-general of Ordnance |
| 1939 | Herbie Cox, rocker, Cleftones |
| 1939 | Zhanna Dmitriyevna Yerkina, Russian cosmonaut |
| 1936 | Joanna Dunham, actress, Possession, House the Dripped Blood |
| 1936 | Sylvia Robinson, rocker, Mickey and Sylvia-Love is Strange |
| 1934 | Richard Shelby, born in Birmingham, Alabama, Representative-D-Alabama 1979 - 1987, Senator-D-Alabama 1987- |
| 1934 | Richard Shelby, American Politician |
| 1933 | John Denison-Pender, born in England, John Willoughby Denison-Pender, Lord Pender, 3rd Baron Pender of Porthcurnow in the County of Cornwall |
| 1932 | John Bond, cricket umpire |
| 1932 | Viscount Coke, English large landowner/art collector |
| 1931 | Marvin Leath, born in Henderson, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1979 - 1991 |
| 1931 | Willie Mays, baseball centerfielder, "Say Hey Kid", 660 home runs, MVP 1954 |
| 1929 | John Polk Allen, Carnegie, Oklahoma, CEO, Biosphere 2 |
| 1929 | John Taylor, bishop, St. Albans, Lord High Almoner to Queen |
| 1929 | Rosemary Camp, president, Council for British Archaeology |
| 1929 | Dave Anderson, American Writer |
| 1927 | Ettore Manni, Rome, Italy, actor, Fatal Desire, Heroes in Hell |
| 1927 | Michael Frederick, cricketer, one Test WI vs. England 1954, scored 0 and 30 |
| 1926 | John Hamilton-Jones, CEO, Richmond Enterprises, British Major-General |
| 1926 | Marguerite Piazza, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, operatic soprano, Young Broadway |
| 1926 | [Martin] Ross Hunter, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Ever Since Paris |
| 1925 | Patrick Meany, CEO, Rank Organization |
| 1924 | Mimi Benzell, Bridgeport, Connecticut, operatic soprano, Gilda-Rigoletto |
| 1923 | Elizabeth Sellars, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, Chalk Garden |
| 1923 | Guiseppe Martelli, physicist |
| 1922 | Alan Ross, editor, London Magazine |
| 1922 | Carlos Moorhead, born in Long Beach, California, Representative-R-California 1973 - 1997 |
| 1922 | John Ernest, constructionist artist |
| 1922 | Pat Harder, Milwaukee, NFL fullback, Cardinals, Lions |
| 1921 | Freddy Randall, jazz trumpeteer |
| 1921 | Robert Fell, CEO, British Stock Exchange |
| 1920 | John Henderson, Lord-Lieutenant, Berkshire England |
| 1920 | Kamisese Mara, Fijian Statesman |
| 1919 | Frank Ereaut, Balliff of Jersey |
| 1918 | Godfrey Ridout, composer |
| 1918 | Sydney Chatton, England |
| 1916 | Adriana Caselotti, animation voice, Show White |
| 1915 | George Perle, Bayonne, New Jersey, composer, 12 Tone Tonality |
| 1915 | John Arnold, British high court judge |
| 1915 | May Henriquez-Alvarez, Curacao, sculptor |
| 1915 | Orson Welles, Kenosha, Wisconsin, actor, Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds |
| 1915 | Theodore H White, historian and writer, Making of President |
| 1915 | Theodore H. White, Journalist |
| 1915 | Theodore White, American Journalist |
| 1915 | Marvin J. Ashton, American Clergyman |
| 1914 | Randall Jarrell, American Poet |
| 1913 | Carmen Cavallaro, New York City, actor, Hollywood Canteen, Diamond Horseshoe |
| 1913 | Gyula David, born in Hungary, composer, violinist, conductor, studied at the Liszt academy, conducted for the National Theatre 1945 - 1949, wrote folk song music and 12 tone serial music |
| 1913 | Jack Aitken, British anatomist |
| 1913 | Kenneth Horne, English paper manufacturer/multi-millionaire |
| 1913 | Ronald Harris, British 1st Church Estates Commissioner |
| 1913 | Stewart Granger, James Stewart, London, actor, Prisoner of Zenda |
| 1912 | Barend Roest Crollius, painter/writer, Chronicle Sins of Youth |
| 1912 | Bill Quinn, New York City, actor, Rifleman, Van Ranseleer-All in the Family |
| 1912 | Hugh Martell, British Vice Admiral |
| 1910 | Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist |
| 1909 | Howard Schultz, American Businessman |
| 1909 | Roger Stone, American Politician |
| 1908 | Necil Kazim Akses, composer |
| 1907 | Weeb Ewbank, NFL coach, Baltimore Colts, New York Jets |
| 1906 | Andre Weil, Bourbaki, French/U.S. mathematician |
| 1905 | Norman De Tar, composer |
| 1905 | [Bernard] Toots Shor, raconteur/restauranteur, Toots Shor |
| 1904 | Catherine Lacey, born in London, England, actress, Sorcerors |
| 1904 | Harry Martinson, Sweden, novelist/poet, Trade Wind-Nobel 1974 |
| 1902 | Harry Golden, Jewish humorist and writer, 2 cents Plain, Only in America |
| 1902 | Max Ophuls, Saarland, dir/writer, Letters From an Unknown Woman |
| 1902 | Walter Dawson, British Air Chief marshall |
| 1898 | Daniel Gerber, Freemont, Michigan, beloved by babies at mealtime |
| 1897 | Paul Alverdes, German writer, Pfeiferstube |
| 1895 | Rudolph Valentino, Castellaneta, Italy, sheik/actor, Eagle |
| 1894 | Filip Lazar, composer |
| 1890 | Claire Whitney, New York, silent film actress, Blind Fools, Haunted Mine |
| 1889 | Arthur Morison, typographer |
| 1888 | Emmanuel Celler, Representative-D-New York, 1923 - 1973 |
| 1880 | Baron W. Edmund, Archangel and Ironside, British Field Marshal |
| 1880 | Ernst L. Kirchner, German painter, Die Brucke |
| 1879 | Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist |
| 1875 | William Daniel Leahy, Iowa, 5 star admiral/chief of staff, 1949 |
| 1875 | William D. Leahy, American Soldier |
| 1871 | August Reusner, composer |
| 1871 | Ch Morgenstern, writer |
| 1871 | Christian Morgenstern, German Poet |
| 1870 | Amedos Peter Giannine, born in San Jose, California, founded Bank of America |
| 1870 | John McClutcheon, cartoonist, Pulitzer Prize-1931 |
| 1869 | Jan R Slotemaker de Bruine, Dutch clergyman/politician, CHU |
| 1869 | Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/archivist |
| 1868 | Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont, Poland, novelist, Chiopi, Nobel-1924 |
| 1861 | Radindranath Tagore, Hindu poet/mystic/composer, Nobel 1913 |
| 1861 | Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet |
| 1859 | Luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist |
| 1859 | Willem J T Kloos, Dutch poet, Act of Simple Justice |
| 1858 | Georges Adolphe Hue, composer |
| 1856 | Robert Edwin Peary, U.S., arctic explorer, North Pole-Apr 6 1909 |
| 1856 | Sigmund Freud, Austria, cigar smoker, father of psychology |
| 1849 | Wyatt Eaton, born in Philipsburg, Canada, artist, painter, portraitist, one of the founders of the Society of American Artists |
| 1843 | Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah |
| 1838 | Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer |
| 1830 | Guido Gezelle, Flemish priest/poet |
| 1829 | Phoebe Ann Coffin, 1st female ordained minister in New England |
| 1825 | Joseph Bailey, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1814 | Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer |
| 1814 | Wilhelm Ernst, violinist and composer |
| 1813 | Joseph Tarr Copeland, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1812 | Marin R Delany, Charlestown, Virginia, 1st black major in U.S. Medical Corp |
| 1809 | William Walker, composer |
| 1806 | Chapin Aaron Harris, U.S., found America Society of Dental Surgeons |
| 1802 | Friedrich Wilhelm Schirmer, artist |
| 1801 | George Sears Greene, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1800 | Ferdinand Marcucci, composer |
| 1790 | Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer |
| 1786 | Ludwig Borne, writer |
| 1785 | Arvir A. Afzelius, Swedish story teller |
| 1769 | Ferdinand III, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane |
| 1769 | William Jay, English Clergyman |
| 1759 | Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician |
| 1758 | Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat, 1781 |
| 1606 | Lorenzo Lippi, Perlone Zipoli, poet/painter |
| 1581 | Frans Francken, the Younger, painter |
| 1501 | Marcellus II, Marcello Cervini, Italy, humanist/Pope, 1555, 22 days |
| 973 | Henry II, Roman Catholic German king/emperor, 1002/14-24 |
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