| 1990 | Natasha Smirnoff, daughter of Yakov Smirnov |
| 1977 | Randy Harrison, American Actor |
| 1975 | Danny Cooksey, Moore Oklahoma, actor, Sam-Diff'rent Strokes |
| 1974 | Alex Tanaka, actor, Saja-Swan's Crossing |
| 1974 | Jaroslav Spacek, NHL defenseman, Team Czechoslovakia, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics, Sweden |
| 1974 | Ruslan Salei, NHL defenseman, Belarus, 1998 Olympics, Anaheim |
| 1974 | Nelly, also known as Cornell Haynes, Jr., American Musician |
| 1973 | Jason Smith, Calgary, NHL defenseman for the New Jersey Devils |
| 1972 | Alfred Schreuders, soccer player, RKC |
| 1972 | Jeni Stephens, Memphis Tennessee, Miss America-Tennessee 1997 |
| 1972 | Marie Josee Gibeau, Lachine Quebec, kayaker 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Pete Vordenberg, Rota Spain, U.S. cross country skier 1994 Olympics |
| 1971 | Ricky Martin, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, singer, famous member of Menudo, Latin boy band, albums include 'Sound Loaded', 'Life' |
| 1970 | Corbin Lacina, NFL guard for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1969 | Dwayne Gordon, NFL linebacker, San Diego Chargers, New York Jets |
| 1968 | Brandi Brandt, Santa Clara California, playmate, October, 1987 |
| 1968 | Helle Michaelsen, Alborg Denmark, playmate, Aug, 1988 |
| 1968 | Melissa Evridge, Lexington, Kentucky, playmate, Aug, 1990 |
| 1967 | Chris Port, NFL guard and tackle for the New Orleans Saints |
| 1967 | Darla Michele Pruett, Canton Georgia, Miss Georgia-America 1991 |
| 1967 | Derek Porter, Belfast Ireland, Canadian rower, Olympic-gold/silver-92/96 |
| 1966 | Orlando Merced, Hato Rey Puerto Rico, outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 1966 | Rosalyn Fairbank, South Africa, tennis player |
| 1966 | Sean Kanan, actor, AJ-General Hospital, Rich Girl, Karate Kid Part 3 |
| 1965 | Chuck Klingbeil, NFL nose tackle for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1965 | Shahrukh Khan, born in New Delhi, India, actor, Bollywood figure, film producer, television host, appeared in 'Om Shanti Om', 'My Name Is Khan', worth over $540 million dollars |
| 1964 | Arnold van Dongen, pop guitarist, Lois Lane-Amsterdamned |
| 1964 | Kevin Gogan, NFL guard, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers |
| 1964 | Michael D'Asaro II, born in Brooklyn, New York, fencer-sabre |
| 1963 | Ines Diers, born in East Germany, 400m freestyle swimmer, 1980 Olympics gold |
| 1963 | Susie Scott, born in San Diego, California, playmate, May, 1983 |
| 1962 | Donna Spangler, born in Los Angeles, California, wrestler, Coal Miner's Daughter-GLOW |
| 1961 | k.d. lang, Kathy Dawn, Consort Alberta, country singer |
| 1961 | K. D. Lang, Consort, Alberta, country singer |
| 1960 | Adam Lingner, NFL center for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1960 | Bruce Baumgartner, Haledon, New Jersey, wrestler, Olympic-gold/br-84, 88, 92, 96 |
| 1960 | Mardi Jacquet, Chateauroux California, playmate, October, 1980 |
| 1960 | Robert Harold Lohr, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, PGA golfer, 1988 Walt Disney |
| 1960 | Rosalyn Nideffer, Durban South Africa, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Midland MI |
| 1960 | Said Aquita, Morocco, 5K runner 1984 Olympics gold |
| 1958 | Bobby Dall, rocker, Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn |
| 1958 | Willie McGee, born in San Francisco, California, outfielder, St. Louis Cardinals, NL MVP-1985 |
| 1957 | Rita Crockett, born in San Antonio, Texas, volleyball player 1984 Olympics silver |
| 1955 | Frank Gilligan, Queens, New York, singer, Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around |
| 1955 | Mark Reynolds, born in San Diego, California, star yachter, Olympic-8th-1988, 92, 96 |
| 1953 | Alfre Woodard, Tulsa Oklahoma, actress, St. Elsewhere, Extremities |
| 1952 | Kate Linder, born in Pasadena, California, actress, Esther Valentine--Young and Restless |
| 1952 | Maxine Nightingale, English soul singer |
| 1951 | Kathy Hammond, U.S., 400m runner, Olympics-bronze-1972 |
| 1949 | Lois McMaster Bujold, American Writer |
| 1948 | Rich Gooch, rock bassist, Quarterflash |
| 1947 | Dave Pegg, British pop bassist, Jethro Tull-Crest of a Wave |
| 1947 | David Anthony Ahern, composer |
| 1946 | Alan Jones, Australia, auto racer, 1980 World Champion |
| 1946 | Giuseppe Sinopoli, Venice Italy, conductor and composer, Sunnyata |
| 1944 | Jeffrey Alan Hoffman, Brooklyn, PhD/astronaut, STS-51-D, 35, 46, 61, 75 |
| 1944 | Liesel Westermann, born in West Germany, discus thrower, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1944 | Patrice Chereau, actress, Danton |
| 1943 | Oldrich Pelcak, Czechoslovakia, cosmonaut |
| 1942 | Shere Hite, St. Joseph Missouri, sex therapist, Hite Report |
| 1942 | Stefanie Powers, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Girl From UNCLE, Hart to Hart |
| 1941 | Bruce Welch, Cripps, rocker, Shadows Bognor Regis |
| 1941 | David Knapp Stockton, San Bernardino California, PGA golfer, 1970 PGA |
| 1940 | Gigi Proletti, Italian entertainer |
| 1939 | Howard Wolpe, born in Los Angeles, California, Representative-D-Michigan 1979 - 1993 |
| 1939 | Pauline Neville-Jones, English diplomat |
| 1939 | Richard Serra, American Artist |
| 1938 | Patrick Buchanan, conservative political columnist |
| 1938 | Ria Beckers-de Bruijn, Dutch MP, PPR |
| 1938 | Pat Buchanan, American Journalist |
| 1937 | Earl "Speedoo" Carroll, New York City, rocker, Cadillacs, Coasters |
| 1936 | Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice |
| 1935 | Mohammad Munaf, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 4 Tests 1959-62 |
| 1934 | Ken Rosewall, Sydney Australia, tennis star, U.S. Open 1956 |
| 1934 | Bill Gothard, American Clergyman |
| 1932 | Henri Namphy, Cap Hatien Haiti, President of Haiti, 1986-88 |
| 1932 | Romano L. Mazzoli, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Representative-D-Kentucky 1971 - 1995 |
| 1930 | Denis Gerald Barrington, artist |
| 1929 | Harold Farberman, New York City, conductor and composer, Medea |
| 1929 | Milan Stibilj, composer |
| 1929 | Rachel Ames, born in Portland, Oregon, actress, Line Up, Audrey-General Hospital |
| 1929 | Amar Bose, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, electrical engineer, Ph.D. from MIT, founder, chairman, Bose Corporation, patented dominantly reflecting sound field mimicking listening space of the audience in a concert hall |
| 1928 | Geoffrey Pardoe, engineer |
| 1927 | John Sainsbury, English billionaire |
| 1927 | Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, and Dr. Strange |
| 1922 | John Pinsent, classical scholar |
| 1921 | Fernando Correia de Oliveira, composer |
| 1921 | Willaim D Schaefer, Maryland, Gov-D-Md |
| 1920 | Fabio Gonzalez-Zuleta, composer |
| 1920 | Lewis Charles, New York City, actor, Feather and Father Gang |
| 1919 | Jorge de Sena, Portuguese engineer/poet, Reino da Estupidez |
| 1919 | Warren Stevens, Clark's Summit, Pennsylvania, actor, Richard Boone Show |
| 1917 | Ann Rutherford, born in Toronto, Canada, TV panelist, Leave It To the Girls |
| 1917 | Durward Knowles, England, yachtsman, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1915 | Douglas Gordon Lilburn, composer |
| 1914 | Ray Walston, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees |
| 1913 | Burt Lancaster, New York City, actor, From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry |
| 1913 | Ivor Roberts-Jones, sculptor |
| 1912 | Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, composer |
| 1911 | Odysseus Elytis Alepoudellis, Greece, poet, Nobel 1979 |
| 1910 | Georges Schehade, Lebanese poet/playwright, Monsieur Bob'le |
| 1908 | Reginald Beckwith, York England, actor, Genevieve, Doctor in Love |
| 1906 | Luchino Visconti, born in Milan, Italy, director, Damned, Death in Venice |
| 1905 | Fred Lipmann, watchmaker |
| 1902 | Gyula Illyes, Hungarian author and poet, Az Ismertlen Illyes |
| 1902 | Marius W. Holtrop, economist/president, Netherlands Bank |
| 1901 | James Dunn, New York City, actor, Tree Grows in Brooklyn, It's a Great Life |
| 1901 | Paul Ford, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Phil Silvers Show |
| 1899 | Eddy du Perron, Dutch author and poet |
| 1897 | Dennis King, Coventry England, comedian, Devil's Brother |
| 1897 | Jacob A B "Jack" Bjerknes, Norwegian/US meteorologist, USAF in London |
| 1897 | Richard Russell, Jr., born in Winder, Georgia, Senator-D-Georgia 1933 - 1971 |
| 1894 | William Johnston, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1915 |
| 1892 | Alice Brady, New York City, actress, My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee, Zenobia |
| 1892 | Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer, Viktoria und ihr Huzar |
| 1890 | Henry Borginon, Flemish nationalist/senator |
| 1886 | Philip Merivale, Rehutia India, actor, Nothing But Trouble |
| 1885 | Harlow Shapley, U.S., astronomer, studied the galaxies |
| 1883 | Frico Kafenda, composer |
| 1882 | Leo Perutz, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, writer, wrote 11 novels, mathematician, emigrated to Palestine during Nazi Anschluss, 1938 |
| 1880 | John Foulds, composer |
| 1879 | Jean Gilbert, Max Winterfield, German composer, Prince Regent |
| 1877 | Claire McDowell, New York City, actress, Big Parade |
| 1877 | Victor Trumper, cricketer, Australia batsman 1899-1912 |
| 1876 | Eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa, composer |
| 1865 | Warren Gamaliel Harding, Ohio, R, 29th President, 1921-23 |
| 1865 | Warren G. Harding, American President |
| 1857 | Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist, Babinski reflex |
| 1847 | George Sorel, French Socialist thinker/author, violent revolutions |
| 1846 | Antonio Pena y Goni, composer |
| 1843 | Caryl Florio, composer |
| 1843 | Elek Erkel, composer |
| 1843 | William James Robjohn, composer |
| 1842 | Otto Reubke, composer |
| 1828 | Byron Grimes, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1826 | Robert Hopkins Hatton, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1826 | William Haines Lytle, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1822 | James Byron Gordon, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1815 | George Boole, mathematician, Boolean algebra |
| 1812 | Abraham I van Lier, theater director, Gran Theatre-van Lier |
| 1810 | Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1795 | James Knox Polk, North Carolina, 11th President, D, 1845-1849 |
| 1785 | Frederic Kalkbrenner, composer |
| 1785 | Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer |
| 1755 | Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, let them eat cake |
| 1741 | Joan Derk van Capellen, leader of Netherlands Democratic Patriots |
| 1739 | Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer |
| 1734 | Daniel Boone, frontiersman/explorer, U.S. Hall of Fame-1915 |
| 1709 | Anna van Hannover, English princess/duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg |
| 1699 | Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin, French still life painter |
| 1528 | Peter S Lotichius, Peter Lotz, Neo latin poet, Collected Works |
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