| 1980 | Angela Nikodinov, Spartanburg, South Carolina, figure skater, 1997 Pacif Sr champ |
| 1980 | Tatewin Means, Miss South Dakota Teen USA 1996 |
| 1979 | Rosario Dawson, American Actress |
| 1976 | Faye Johnstone, Auckland New Zealand, archer 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Pete Kelley, 218 lbs, 99 kg, U.S. weightlifter, Olympics-14th-1996 |
| 1974 | Shin Yahata, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 |
| 1974 | Stephane Yelle, Ottawa, NHL center for the Colorado Avalanche |
| 1972 | Dan Hollander, Royal Oak, Michigan, figure skater, 1996 Great Lakes champ |
| 1972 | Dave Barr, WLAF quarterback for the Scotland Claymores |
| 1972 | Simon Hollingsworth, Australian 400m hurdler, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Doug Christie, NBA guard and forward for the Toronto Raptors |
| 1969 | Carla Overbeck, born in Pasadena, California, soccer defender 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Renn Crichlow, Ottawa, Ontario, canoeist, Olympics-8-92, 96 |
| 1968 | Bruce Pickens, NFL cornerback for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1968 | David Benoit, NBA forward, Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets |
| 1968 | Marie-Jose Perec, Guadeloupe, French 200m/400m runner, 2 Gold Medals 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Vince Workman, NFL running back, Packers, Panthers, Colts |
| 1966 | Mark Tinordi, Red Deer, NHL defenseman for the Washington Capitals |
| 1965 | Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, rocker, Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance |
| 1965 | Marc Logan, NFL running back for the Washington Redskins |
| 1965 | Steve Yzerman, Cranbrook BC, NHL forward, Team Canada, Detroit |
| 1964 | Miloslav Mecir, Czechoslovakia, tennis player 1988 Olympics gold |
| 1962 | Dave Gahan, Essex, rock vocalist, Depeche Mode-Dreaming of Me |
| 1962 | John Corbett, actor/singer, Chris-Northern Exposure |
| 1962 | Paul Heaton, rocker, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There |
| 1961 | Rene Capo, Pinal del Rio Cuba, half-heavyweight judoka 1996 Olympics |
| 1960 | Iain Butchart, cricket all-rounder, Zimbabwe, Test vs. Pak 1995 |
| 1960 | Jim Reilly, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, second drummer for Stiff Little Fingers, a Northern Ireland punk band, played for U.S. bands Red Rockers and The Raindogs |
| 1960 | Tony Gwynn, born in Los Angeles, California, outfielder for the San Diego Padres |
| 1959 | Andrew Jones, cricketer, highly consistent for New Zealand at 1st drop |
| 1959 | Asantha De Mel, cricketer, pioneering Sri Lankan Test opening bowler |
| 1958 | Esko Rechardt, Finland, yachtsman, 1980 Olympics gold |
| 1957 | Fred Markham, 1st man to pedal a bike 65 mph |
| 1957 | John Stuper, baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1955 | Kevin Peter Hall, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Misfits of Science |
| 1954 | Balazs Taroczy, Hungary, tennis star |
| 1953 | Daniel Talbot, Montreal Que, golfer, Quebec Open-1979, 81, 84 |
| 1953 | Gregory Beecroft, Chorpus Christi, Texas, actor, Guiding Light |
| 1953 | Ron Jackson, born in Birmingham, Alabama, professional baseball player, played Major League Baseball, hitting coach for Boston Red Sox, 2003 - 2006 |
| 1953 | Scott McInnis, born in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, Representative-R-Colorado 1993 - 2005 |
| 1952 | Patrick Ryecart, actor, Silas Mariner |
| 1951 | Alley Mills, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Norma Arnold-Wonder Years |
| 1950 | James A. Butts, born in Los Angeles, California, triple jumper 1976 Olympics silver |
| 1950 | Matthew Kelly, actor/TV host, Holding the Fort, Relative Strangers |
| 1950 | Tom Petersson, Rockford, Illinois, rock bassist, Cheap Trick |
| 1949 | Billy Joel, Bronx, rock vocalist, Pianoman, Captain Jack, Bridge |
| 1949 | Oleg Yuriyevich Atkov, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz T-10 |
| 1948 | John Drayton Mahaffey, Kerrville, Texas, PGA golfer, 1978 PGA Champ |
| 1947 | Anthony Corlan, Cork City Ireland, actor, Something for Everyone |
| 1946 | Candice Bergen, Beverly Hills, actress, Carnal Knowledge, Murphy Brown |
| 1945 | Steve Katz, New York City, rock guitarist and vocalist, Blood, Sweat and Tears |
| 1944 | Don Dannemann, rocker, Cyrkle |
| 1944 | Richard Furay, Ohio, rock vocalist, Buffalo Springfield, Poco |
| 1943 | Bruce Milner, rocker, Every Mother's Son |
| 1943 | Maurice Foster, cricketer, West Indies batsman of 70's |
| 1942 | Tommy Roe, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, songwriter, guitarist, 1960's bubblegum artist, toured with Roy Orbison |
| 1942 | John Ashcroft, American Public Servant |
| 1941 | Dorothy Hyman, England, sprinter, Silver Medal 1960 Olympics |
| 1941 | Jan Dibbets, sculptor/artist, Dutch Mountains |
| 1941 | Pete Birrell, rock bassist, Freddie and The Dreamers |
| 1940 | Dick Morrissey, saxophonist |
| 1940 | James L. Brooks, producer/director, Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic |
| 1940 | James L. Brooks, Producer |
| 1939 | Bruce Mather, born in Canada, composer, pianist, known for microtonal music, contemporary classical music compositions |
| 1939 | Herbert Hippauf, baseball player |
| 1939 | Jim Dent, Augusta, Georgia, PGA golfer, 1989 MONY Syracuse Senior |
| 1939 | Kenneth Warby, fastest man on water at 300 knots, 345 mph |
| 1939 | Ralph Boston, Laurel, Mississippi, long jumper, Olympic-gold/sil/brz-60, 64, 68 |
| 1938 | Geoffrey Holland, civil servant |
| 1938 | Nokie Edwards, rocker, Ventures |
| 1938 | Charles Simic, American Poet |
| 1937 | Dave Prater, Ocilla, Georgia, rock vocalist, Sam and Dave |
| 1937 | Sonny Curtis, Texas, guitarist, Crickets |
| 1936 | Albert Finney, Salford UK, actor, Dresser, Under the Volcano |
| 1936 | Floyd Robinson, baseball player, White Sox, Reds, A's |
| 1936 | Glenda Jackson, Cheshire, England, actress, Women in Love |
| 1936 | Terry Downes, middleweight boxing champ, 1961-62 |
| 1936 | Terry Drinkwater, TV newsman, CBS |
| 1934 | Alan Bennett, England, playwright/actor, Secret Policeman's Other Ball |
| 1934 | John Robertson, deputy chairman, Barclays de Zoete Wedd |
| 1934 | Roy Massey, Master of Choristers, Hereford Cathedral |
| 1933 | Johnny Grant, unofficial mayor of Hollywood |
| 1932 | Conrad Hunte, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1958-66 |
| 1932 | David Plastow, CEO, Medical Research Council |
| 1932 | Gavin Lyall, author, Conduct of Major Maxim |
| 1932 | Geraldine McEwan, actress, Henry V |
| 1932 | Alex McMillan, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Representative-R-North Carolina 1985 - 1995 |
| 1931 | Vance DeVoe Brand, Longmont Co, astronaut, Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35 |
| 1930 | Joan Sims, actress, Carry on Behind, Carry on Cleo |
| 1928 | Barbara Ann Scott, Ottawa, Ontario, figure skater 1948 Olympics gold |
| 1928 | Pall Pampichier Palsson, composer |
| 1928 | Richard A. "Pancho" Gonzalez, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, U.S. 1948-49 |
| 1928 | Colin Chapman, English Inventor |
| 1927 | John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal, Northern Ireland |
| 1927 | Manfred Eigen, German physicist/chemist, Nobel 1967 |
| 1927 | Ray Katt, baseball player |
| 1926 | Alistair MacFarlane, principal, Heriot-Watt University England |
| 1926 | Francis Kennedy, British diplomat |
| 1926 | Joshua Hassan, chief minister, Gibralter |
| 1926 | Robin Cooke, President, New Zealand Court of Appeal |
| 1925 | Peter Leng, Master General of the Ordnance |
| 1924 | Bulat S Okudzjava, Russian author, Student! |
| 1924 | Connie Russell, New York City, singer, Club Embassy, Garroway at Large |
| 1924 | Gerard Wernars, Dutch graphic designer, Library stamps 1991 |
| 1924 | Jean J A Girault, French director/screenwriter, l'Amour |
| 1922 | Sheila Burrell, actress, Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark |
| 1921 | Daniel Berrigan, American Clergyman |
| 1920 | Richard Adams, author, Day Gone By |
| 1920 | Frank Perdue, American Businessman |
| 1919 | Arthur English, comedian/actor, Malachi's Cove |
| 1918 | Mike Wallace, Brookline, Massachusetts, newscaster, Biography, 60 Minutes |
| 1918 | Orville Freeman, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Governor-D-Minnesota 1955 - 1961, Secretary of Agriculture, 1961 - 1969 |
| 1917 | George Fleming, cyclist |
| 1917 | John Arnatt, actor, Circumstantial Evidence |
| 1916 | Bernard William George Rose, composer/organist |
| 1916 | Cyril Bowles, bishop of Derby |
| 1916 | Douglas Guest, organist |
| 1915 | Richard Janvrin, British vice admiral |
| 1914 | Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor |
| 1914 | Frank Chacksfield, arranger/orchestral leader |
| 1914 | Hank Snow, Nova Scotia, Canada, country singer, I Went to Your Wedding |
| 1914 | Josef Muller-Brockmann, graphic designer/writer |
| 1914 | Theodore Kheel, labor negotiator, Fair Employment Practices |
| 1913 | Victor Smith, Admiral, Australian Chiefs of Staff |
| 1912 | Pedro Armendariz, Mexico, actor, From Russia With Love |
| 1911 | Harry Simeone, Newark, New Jersey, choral director, Kate Smith Show |
| 1910 | Barbara Woodhouse, dog training expert |
| 1910 | P E Palia, cricketer, appeared in India's 1st Test-Lord's 1932 |
| 1909 | Mohammad Rabbani, Afghani Politician |
| 1909 | Tom Bodett, American Author |
| 1907 | Baldur von Schirach, German writer/nazi politician, Frame |
| 1906 | Eleanor Estes, author, Ginger Pye, Moffats |
| 1904 | Gregory Bateson, British Scientist |
| 1901 | Fuzzy Knight, Fairmont, West Virginia, actor, Oklahoma Annie, Cowby and the Lady |
| 1901 | George Duckworth, cricket wicket-keeper, England late 20's early 30's |
| 1899 | Edward Pollock, saxophone/clarinet |
| 1895 | Lucian Blaga, Romaniams philosopher/poet, Dogmatic Aeon |
| 1895 | Richard Barthelmess, New York City, actor, Broken Blossoms, Noose |
| 1893 | William Moulton Marston, American Psychologist |
| 1892 | Eric Westberg, composer |
| 1892 | Zita, empress, Austria, Queen, Hungary |
| 1887 | Jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer |
| 1886 | Francis Biddle, American Lawyer |
| 1882 | Henry J Kaiser, builder, Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam |
| 1882 | Henry J. Kaiser, American Businessman |
| 1873 | Howard Carter, British archaeologist, found King Tutankhamen's tomb |
| 1873 | Lilian Mary Baylis, manager, Old Vic and Sadler's Wells Theater |
| 1865 | August de Boeck, composer |
| 1860 | James Matthew Barrie, Scotland, novelist, Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan |
| 1860 | James M. Barrie, British Playwright |
| 1855 | Julius Rontgen, composer |
| 1846 | Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer |
| 1844 | [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress, Bad Herders |
| 1843 | Belle Boyd, spy, Confederate, actress/lecturer |
| 1837 | Adam Opel, German manufacturer, cycling, motorcars |
| 1833 | Boleslaw Dembinski, composer |
| 1829 | Ciro Pinsuti, pianist/composer |
| 1824 | William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1814 | Adolph von Henselt, composer |
| 1810 | Louis Gallait, historical painter |
| 1810 | WFLC Marianne, princess of Orange-Nassau/daughter of king Willem I |
| 1801 | Samuel Cousins, mezzotint engraver |
| 1800 | John Brown, abolitionist; led attack on Harpers Ferry |
| 1796 | August Pauly, German classicus, Real Encyclopedia |
| 1793 | Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist |
| 1785 | James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist, Philosphy of Storms |
| 1783 | Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader |
| 1780 | William Duane, American Lawyer |
| 1740 | Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer, Barber of Seville |
| 1738 | John Pindar, physician/poet |
| 1596 | Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter |
| 1265 | Dante Alighieri, Italian poet, Divina Commedia |
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