| 1980 | Ryan Gosling, Canadian Actor |
| 1977 | Jennifer Smith, Miss Maryland Teen USA 1996 |
| 1976 | Scott Mark Cameron, Dunedin New Zealand, 4x200m relay swimmer 1996 Olympics |
| 1975 | Angela Watson, actress, Karen Foster-Step by Step |
| 1975 | Chris Wells, Calgary, NHL center for the Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1975 | Gretchen Durgin, Miss USA-New Hampshire 1997 |
| 1975 | Nina Brosh, Afula Israel, model, Drakkar |
| 1975 | Tevin Jermod Campbell, born in Dallas, Texas, rapper |
| 1973 | Colin Morgan, Calgary Alberta, 78 kg judoka 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Keith Morgan, Calgary Alberta, 95 kg judoka 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Melanie Gaffin, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Cheryl-Whiz Kids |
| 1973 | Zahir Shah, cricketer, attention-grabbing Rawalpindi leg-spinner |
| 1973 | Radha Mitchell, Australian Actress |
| 1971 | Heidi Burge, WNBA forward for the Los Angeles Sparks |
| 1971 | Shakeel Ahmed, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper, v West Indies 1993 |
| 1970 | Tonya Harding, born in Portland, Oregon, figure skater, 1994 Olympics/U.S. Champ 1994 |
| 1969 | Iain Sydie, North York Ontario, badminton player 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Trevor Shaw, CFL slot back for the BC Lions |
| 1968 | Derek Bell, Tampa Florida, outfielder for the Houston Astros |
| 1968 | Irina Privalova, Russian runner, indoor world record 50/60m |
| 1968 | Randy Knorr, San Gabriel California, catcher for the Houston Astros |
| 1968 | Sammy Sosa, Dominican Republic, baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs |
| 1968 | Kathleen Hanna, American Musician |
| 1967 | Charlie Pennaelino, Queens, New York, rocker, Linear-I Never Felt This Way |
| 1967 | Michael Moorer, boxing heavyweight champ, defeated Holyfield-1994 |
| 1966 | David Schwimmer, Queens, New York, actor, Ross-Friends |
| 1965 | Mike Keim, NFL tackle for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1964 | Erik Howard, NFL defensive tackle/end for the New York Jets |
| 1964 | Gerald Perry, NFL tackle for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1964 | Jakob Hlasek, Czechoslovakia, tennis star |
| 1964 | Dave Ellefson, born in Jackson, Minnesota, bass guitar player, founder and member, thrash metal band, Megadeth |
| 1963 | Laurie Brower, born in Long Beach, California, LPGA golfer, 1994 Lady Keystone-9th |
| 1962 | Jeff Reed, Joliet, Illinois, catcher for the Colorado Rockies |
| 1962 | Wim Kieft, Dutch soccer star, Ajax/Gir de Bordeaux/PSV |
| 1961 | Chela Quintana, Venezuela, LPGA golfer, 8 time Venezuelan Amat Champ |
| 1961 | Greg Gagne, Fall River, Massachusetts, infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 1961 | Nadia Comaneci, born in Romania, gymnast, 5 Gold Medals 1976, 1980 Olympics, 3 Silver Medals 1976, 1980 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1976 Olympics |
| 1960 | Bertice Berry, talk show host, Bertice |
| 1958 | Megan Mullally, American Actress |
| 1957 | Gail Castro, born in Glendale California, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-1991, 1996 Olympics |
| 1957 | Marta Figueras-Dotti, born in Madrid, Spain, LPGA golfer, 1994 Hawaiian Open |
| 1956 | Rhonda Shear, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, comedian, Up All Night |
| 1955 | Leslie McKeown, rock vocalist, Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night |
| 1954 | Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper, India 1979 |
| 1954 | Paul McNamee, Australia, tennis star |
| 1952 | Ernie Fletcher, American Politician |
| 1949 | Arthur "Pooch" Tavares, rocker |
| 1949 | Jack Reed, born in Cranston, Rhode Island, Representative-D-Rhode Island 1997 - |
| 1948 | Errol Brown, Kingston Jamaica, rock vocalist, Hot Chocolate |
| 1947 | Donald Roeser, rock guitarist and vocalist, Blue Oyster Cult |
| 1947 | Patrice Leconte, director, Monsieur Hire, Hairdresser's Husband |
| 1945 | Al Michaels, Brooklyn, sportscaster, ABC Monday Night Baseball/Football |
| 1945 | Michael Bishop, U.S., sci-fi author, Nebula, Stolen Faces |
| 1945 | Neil Young, Toronto, singer and songwriter, Cosby, Sills and Young |
| 1945 | Valerie Leon, born in London, England, actress, Blood from Mummy's Tomb |
| 1944 | Johan van Doorn, Johnny the Selfkicker, Dutch poet, War and Porridge |
| 1943 | Brian Hyland, Queens, New York, rocker, She Wore an Itsy Bitsy ... Bikini |
| 1943 | Jimmy "Bro" Hayes, U.S. singer, Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk |
| 1943 | John Maus, New York City, rock vocalist, Walker Brothers |
| 1943 | Wallace Shawn, New York City, actor, My Dinner with Andre, Princess Bride |
| 1941 | Jennifer Helen McLeod, composer |
| 1940 | Ria Lubbers, wife of Dutch premier Ruud Lubbers |
| 1939 | Lucia Popp, Uhorska Ves Czechoslovakia, soprano, Die Zauberflote |
| 1939 | Ruby Nash Curtis, U.S. singer, Romantics-Our Day Will Come |
| 1937 | Ina Balin, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Danger in Paradise |
| 1937 | Peter Lloyd, born in England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Fareham 1979 - 2001 |
| 1937 | Richard H. Truly, born in Fayette, Mississippi, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, STS-T-2, T-4, 2, 8 |
| 1936 | Mort Shuman, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, songwriter, pianist, co-wrote 'Viva Las Vegas', ' Turn Me Loose', compositions recorded by Dion, Andy Williams, Bobby Darin, Elvis Presley |
| 1936 | Robert White, born in Billmyre, Pennsylvania, guitarist, African-American musician, performed guitar riff on The Temptations hit, My Girl |
| 1935 | Jerry Douglas, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, actor, John Abbott-Young and Restless |
| 1935 | Terry Johnson, U.S. R&B singer, Flamingos-I Know Better |
| 1934 | Ann Flood, Jamaica, New York, actress, Edge of Night |
| 1934 | Charles Manson, No Name Maddox, Cin, Ohio, criminal, Tate-Labianco |
| 1933 | Peter Post, Dutch bicyclist, 8x European Champion at Derny-drive |
| 1933 | Diane Watson, American Politician |
| 1931 | Bob Crewe, born in Newark, New Jersey, American songwriter, singer, co-wrote with Bob Gaudio, Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons, recorded with Bobby Darin, Roberta Flack, Patti LaBelle |
| 1931 | Norman Mineta, born in San Jose, California, Representative-R-California 1975 - 1995, U.S. Secretary of Commerce 2000 - 2001, U.S. Secretary of Transportation 2001 - 2006 |
| 1930 | Tonke Dragt, Dutch children book author, Towers of February |
| 1929 | Michael Ende, writer |
| 1928 | Grace Kelly, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actress, Rear Window, Princess, Monaco |
| 1928 | Johan B. W. Polak, Dutch publisher/publicist, Bloom of Decadence |
| 1927 | Sunset Carson, Michael Harrison, Plainview, Texas, actor, Cat of Rockies |
| 1922 | Kim Hunter, Janet Cole, Det, Michigan, actress, Planet of the Apes, Lilith |
| 1921 | Robert Fleming, composer |
| 1920 | Richard Quine, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor and director, Clay Pigeon |
| 1917 | Joseph Coors, CEO, Adolph Coors Co Brewery |
| 1917 | Jo Stafford, born in California, American pop and jazz singer, pioneer of modern musical parody |
| 1916 | Jean Papineau-Couture, composer |
| 1916 | Liam Dunn, New Jersey, actor, Koska and his Family |
| 1915 | Roland Barthes, French literary critic, L'Empire des Signer |
| 1914 | Edward "Henricus" Schillebeeckx, Dutch theologist |
| 1914 | Roberto Cavanagh, Argentina, polo 1936 Olympics gold |
| 1914 | Sylvi Saimo, Finland, 500m kayak 1952 Olympics gold |
| 1912 | Alphonse [Tuffy] Leemans, NFL fullback for the New York Giants |
| 1911 | Luc Estang, Lucien Bastard, French writer, Stigmates |
| 1911 | William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian |
| 1910 | A "Dudley" Nourse, cricketer, son of Dave, brilliant South African bat |
| 1909 | Bukka White, born in Houston, Mississippi, Booker T. Washington White, gave cousin B.B. King his first guitar, celebrated as National steel guitarist, wrote "Parchman Farm Blues" |
| 1908 | Hans Werner Richter, German author, Socially Responsible Cinema |
| 1908 | Harry A Blackmun, Illinois, 100th Supreme Court justice, 1970-94 |
| 1908 | Shamus Culhane, animator |
| 1908 | Harry A. Blackmun, American Judge |
| 1905 | Evgeny Grigor'yevich Bruslovsky, composer |
| 1905 | Solon Michaelides, composer |
| 1903 | Jack Oakie, Sedalia, Missouri, actor, Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award |
| 1898 | Abraham J D van Oosten, Dutch poet and author, His Master's Voice |
| 1897 | Karl Marx, Germany, composer and conductor |
| 1889 | DeWitt Wallace, St. Paul, Minnesota, publisher, founded Readers Digest, 1921 |
| 1886 | L G Kortenhorst, politician |
| 1886 | Leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP, KVP |
| 1877 | Warren R. Austin, American Politician |
| 1867 | Joseph McCabe, English Writer |
| 1866 | Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China, ROC and PRC, traditional |
| 1865 | Frans L M "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor, Paljas |
| 1865 | Herbert Trench, Irish Poet |
| 1858 | Alexis Contant, composer |
| 1853 | Oskar Panizza, writer |
| 1852 | John Oxenham, British Journalist |
| 1844 | Octave Fouque, composer |
| 1841 | John W. Rayleigh, England, physicist, Nobel 1904, Cambridge, 1908-14 |
| 1840 | Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor, Kiss, Thinker |
| 1833 | Aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin, Russia, composer, Robert LeDiable |
| 1831 | Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist |
| 1827 | Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer |
| 1817 | Baha'u'llah, Mirza Husayn Ali, founded Baha'i faith |
| 1817 | Carlo Pedrotti, composer |
| 1817 | Martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer |
| 1815 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown, New York, suffragist, 80 Years and More |
| 1815 | Ida von Duringsfeld, German author, Vd Schelde bis zur Mas |
| 1790 | Letitia Christian Tyler, 1st wife of President Tyler |
| 1757 | Jacobus Bellamy, Zealand poet |
| 1755 | Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussia milt/minister of War, 1807-10 |
| 1748 | Carlos IV, King of Spain, 1788-1808 |
| 1676 | Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer |
| 1651 | Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist, Primero Sueno |
| 1615 | Richard Baxter, English Clergyman |
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