| 1981 | Jilen Siroky, 200m breaststroke 1996 Olympics |
| 1976 | Dominique Dawes, Silver Spring, Maryland, gymnast, Olympics-gold/brz-92, 96 |
| 1976 | Elisa Blair, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Brad Williams, cricketer, Victoria and Young Australia fast bowler |
| 1974 | Drew Ginn, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Jerald Moore, running back for the St. Louis Rams |
| 1974 | Kirk Reynolds, Outlook Saskatchwan, trap shooter 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Marissa Ryan, actress, Elizabeth MacGillis-Major Dad |
| 1973 | Brad Keeney, WLAF defensive tackle for the Scotland Claymores |
| 1973 | Matthew Smith, Australian field hockey forward 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Riddick Parker, WLAF defensive tackle, Rhein Fire, Seattle Seahawks |
| 1972 | Trent Pollard, NFL guard for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1972 | Yanick Dupre, Montreal, NHL left wing for the Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1971 | Dion Nash, cricketer, New Zealand right-arm medium-pacer 1992- |
| 1971 | Joey Galloway, NFL wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1971 | Robert Wijnands, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht |
| 1971 | Angelica Bridges, American Actress |
| 1970 | Sabrina Lloyd, born in Fairfax, Virginia, actress, television and films, played role of Wade Welles in TV series, 'Sliders' |
| 1970 | Trevor Cobb, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1970 | Matt Blunt, born in Springfield, Missouri, politician, Republican, 54th Governor of Missouri, formerly an officer in the U.S. Navy |
| 1969 | Chris Harris, cricketer, son of Zin New Zealand all-rounder in ODI's |
| 1969 | Konstantin Semyonov, Israel, Men's pole vaulter, 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Malvin Hunter, CFL defensive end for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1969 | Richard Dickson Reid, New Zealand, road race cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Silvia Sommaggio, Italian 5k runner |
| 1968 | Jeff Tarango, California, tennis star, defaulted 1995 Wimbledon |
| 1968 | Keith Rucker, NFL defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1968 | Ming Na-Wen, actress, ER, One Night Stand, Lien-As the World Turns |
| 1968 | Richard Clarke, born in Toronto, Ontario, Yachter Finn 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Alex Arias, New York City, infielder for the Florida Marlins |
| 1967 | Chris Childs, NBA guard, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks |
| 1967 | Chris Patton, Fountain Inn, South Carolina, Nike golfer, 1993 New Mexico Charity Classic |
| 1967 | Jeff Cotler, born in Long Beach, California, actor, Brian-Struck by Lightning |
| 1965 | Andrew Stewart, CFL defensive tackle for the Toronto Argonauts |
| 1965 | Mike Diamond, born in New York City, New York, rap vocalist, Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight |
| 1965 | Michael Diamond, also known as Mike D, American Musician |
| 1964 | John Maclean, Oshawa, NHL right wing for the New Jersey Devils |
| 1964 | Ned Vaughn, born in Huntsville, Alabama, actor, television and films include 'Apollo 13', 'Frost Nixon', '24' and 'Criminal Minds' |
| 1962 | Steve Alexander, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret |
| 1959 | Sean Young, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actress, Dune, Young Doctor in Love |
| 1957 | James Brown, British reggae singer/drummer, UB40-Red Red Wine |
| 1956 | Dan Powers, rock guitarist, Michael Stanley Band |
| 1956 | Mark Gastineau, NFL end, New York Jets, Pro Bowl 1981-85 |
| 1956 | Sergei Gayevich Severin, Russian cosmonaut |
| 1955 | Bo Derek, Mary Collins, born in Long Beach, California, actress, 10, Tarzan the Ape Man |
| 1955 | Thea Vidale, actress, Family Matters |
| 1955 | Timothy Kristian Charles Mace, Great Britain, cosmonaut |
| 1954 | Steve Dahl, California, Chicago's anti-disco DJ, WLS-FM |
| 1953 | Greg Gibson, Stafford, Virginia, Greco-Roman wrestler 1984 Olympics silver |
| 1950 | Gary Green, born in Stroud Green, England, guitarist for Gentle Giant rock band, worked with Billy Sherwood on album, 'Back Against The Wall', 2005 |
| 1949 | Juha Mieto, Finland, 15KM skier 1980 Olympics silver |
| 1949 | Ray Vitte, New York City, actor, Doc, Cody-Quest |
| 1949 | Jeff Dowd, American Actor |
| 1948 | Richard Masur, New York City, actor, David-One Day at a Time |
| 1948 | Samuel E Wright, Camden, South Carolina, actor, Enos, Ball Four |
| 1948 | John Bolton, American Statesman |
| 1947 | George Grantham, Oklahoma, rock drummer/vocalist, Poco |
| 1947 | Joe Walsh, Wichita, Kansas, guitarist/rocker, Eagles-Take it Easy |
| 1947 | Mardell Wilkins, LPGA golfer |
| 1946 | Duane Allman, born in Nashville, Tennessee, rock guitarist, Allman Brothers |
| 1946 | John "Blackfoot" Colbert, U.S. singer, Soul Children, Taxi |
| 1946 | Judy Woodruff, newscaster, McNeil Lehrer Report |
| 1945 | Dan McBride, rocker, Sha Na Na |
| 1945 | Rachid Mimouni, born in Boudouaou, Algeria, author, teacher at Ecole superieure du commerce, Algiers, wrote 'La Malediction' |
| 1944 | Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwe, field hockey coach/player, Olympic-1980 |
| 1943 | Robert Lindsay Thomas, born in Patterson, Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1983 - 1993 |
| 1943 | Veronica Hamel, Philadelphia, actress, Joyce-Hill St. Blues, 79 Park Ave |
| 1942 | Joe Biden, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Senator-D-Delaware 1973 - 2009, 47th Vice President of the U.S. |
| 1942 | Meredith Monk, Lima Peru, choreographer-composer-performing artist |
| 1942 | Norman Greenbaum, Massachusetts, folk singer, Spirit in the Sky |
| 1941 | Gary Karr, born in Los Angeles, California, double-bassist, Oslo Philharmonic |
| 1940 | Bob Einstein, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne |
| 1940 | Helma Sanders-Brahms, Emden Germany, director, Apple Trees, Manoever |
| 1939 | Dick Smothers, New York City, comedian, Smother Brothers' Show |
| 1938 | Tony White, cricketer, 2 Tests WI vs. Australia 1965 |
| 1937 | Eero Mantyranta, Finland, nordic ski relay 1960 Olympics gold |
| 1937 | Jack Linkletter, born in San Francisco, California, TV host, Haggis Baggis, Hootenanny |
| 1937 | Ruth Laredo, nee Meckler, born in Detroit, Michigan, concert pianist |
| 1936 | Don DeLillo, American Novelist |
| 1934 | Valentine J Peter, born in Omaha, Nebraska, priest, Boy's Town 1985- |
| 1934 | R. W. Apple, Jr., American Journalist |
| 1932 | John Barnes Chance, composer |
| 1932 | Richard Dawson, Hampshire England, actor, Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud |
| 1929 | Dick Clark, Mount Vernon, New York, TV host, American Bandstand |
| 1929 | Donald Ray January, Plainview, Texas, PGA golfer, 1960 Tucson Open |
| 1929 | Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn, Schenectady, New York, conductor, Amer Ballet |
| 1928 | Franklin Cover, Cleveland, actor, Tom-The Jeffersons |
| 1928 | Rex Reason, Berlin Germany, actor, Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s |
| 1927 | Estelle Parsons, Lynn Massachusetts, actress, Rachel Rachel, Bonnie and Clyde |
| 1926 | Kaye Ballard, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress/comedienne, Kaye-Mothers-in-Law |
| 1925 | Judy Woodruff, news analyst and commentator |
| 1925 | June [Shirley L] Christy, U.S., jazz singer, Tampico |
| 1925 | Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina, Bolshoi Ballet |
| 1925 | Robert Francis Kennedy, Brookline, Mass, D-Sen-NY, AG; assassinated |
| 1925 | Robert Kennedy, American Politician |
| 1924 | Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician, proved Zipf's law |
| 1923 | Beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist, Council of Economic Advisers |
| 1923 | Nadine Gordimer, South African author, July's people, Nobel 1991 |
| 1921 | Phyllis Thaxter, Portland Maine, actress, Nora, Ft. Worth |
| 1921 | Jim Garrison, American Public Servant |
| 1920 | Armin Schibler, composer |
| 1920 | Douglas Dick, Charlestown, West Virginia, actor, Carl-Waterfront |
| 1920 | Gene Tierney, Brooklyn, actress, Laura, Razor's Edge, Ghost and Mrs. Muir |
| 1919 | Dulcie Gray, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, actress, Mine Own Executioner |
| 1919 | Evelyn Keyes, Port Arthur, Texas, actress, Adventure of Martin Eden |
| 1919 | Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician |
| 1919 | John McCarthy, composer |
| 1918 | Dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper, 1936 Olympics |
| 1918 | Corita Kent, born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash |
| 1917 | Max Georg Baumann, composer |
| 1917 | Pam Henningen, Cornelia CP Ingenegeren, Indonesian/Dutch dancer |
| 1917 | Ram Gopal, Indies/English dancer, Blue Peter, Purple Plain |
| 1917 | Robert Byrd, born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Senator 1959 - 2010 |
| 1916 | Ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter |
| 1916 | Judy Canova, born in Jacksonville, Florida, comedienne/actress, Cannonball |
| 1916 | Robert A Bruce, Maryland, pioneer, exercise cardiology |
| 1916 | William John Elwyn Davies, painter |
| 1915 | Kon Ichikawa, Japan, director, Matatabi, Money Talks |
| 1914 | Emilio Pucci, Naples, fashion designer, Neiman-Marcus Award-1954 |
| 1911 | Jean Shiley, U.S., high jumper 1932 Olympics gold |
| 1910 | Pauli Murray, famous African |
| 1909 | Alan Bible, born in Lovelock, Nevada, Senator-D-Nevada, 1954 - 1974 |
| 1908 | Alistair Cooke, Manchester England, TV host, Masterpiece Theatre |
| 1907 | Fran Allison, LaPorte City Iowa, actress, Kukla, Fran and Ollie |
| 1907 | Henri-Georges Clouzot, France, director, Le salaire de la peur |
| 1904 | Alexandra Danilova, ballet great |
| 1902 | Wolfgang Kunkel, German law historian |
| 1900 | Chester Gould, cartoonist, Dick Tracy |
| 1899 | Juan Vicente Lecuna, composer |
| 1897 | Lores Bonney, aviator |
| 1897 | Margaret Sutherland, composer |
| 1896 | Mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer |
| 1894 | Carl Mayer, Graz, actor, Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise |
| 1892 | James B Collip, Canadian biochemist/physiologist, insulin |
| 1891 | Leon Cadore, pitcher, pitched all of 26 inning game |
| 1891 | Reginald Denny Richmond England, actor, Rebecca, Cat Ballou, Batman |
| 1890 | Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter |
| 1890 | Robert Armstrong, Saginaw, Michigan, actor, Mighty Joe Young, King Kong |
| 1889 | Edwin Hubble, astronomer, discoverer of galaxies, red shift |
| 1889 | Edwin Powell Hubble, American Scientist |
| 1886 | Karl von Frisch, zoologist/bee expert, Nobel 1973 |
| 1884 | Norman Thomas, Marion Ohio, socialist, President Candidate 1928-48 |
| 1879 | Franz Pfemfert, writer |
| 1873 | Daniel Gregory Mason, Brookline Massachusetts, composer, Chanticker |
| 1873 | Willem Roell, Dutch general/founder, Ordedienst |
| 1871 | William H Kilpatrick, U.S. mathematician/philosopher/educator |
| 1871 | Arthur Guiterman, American Comedian |
| 1869 | Clark Griffith, Missouri, baseball player/manager, New York Yankees |
| 1867 | Vicente Ripolles, composer |
| 1866 | Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball |
| 1864 | Gerard W. Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor, Groene Amsterdammer |
| 1863 | Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress, Black Griet |
| 1862 | Willem H Vliegen, Dutch typographer/co-founder/chairman, SDAP |
| 1858 | Selma Lagerlof, Sweden, novelist, Tales of a Manor-Nobel 1909 |
| 1850 | Arthor Goring Thomas, composer |
| 1841 | Wilfrid Laurier, L, 7th Canadian PM, 1896-1911 |
| 1836 | John Thomas Croxton, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1834 | Franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer |
| 1830 | Patrick Henry Jones, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1819 | Edouard Joseph Stevens, Belgian animal painter/graphic artist |
| 1802 | James Lawrence Lardner, Commander Union Navy |
| 1781 | Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian |
| 1766 | John Wall Calcott, composer |
| 1765 | Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer |
| 1761 | Pius VIII, Francesco S Castiglioni, Italy, 253rd Pope, 1829-30 |
| 1759 | Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer |
| 1757 | Giovanni Battista Gaiani, composer |
| 1752 | Thomas Chatterton, English poet, Christabel |
| 1726 | Oliver Wolcott, Ct-Gov, signed Declaration of Independence |
| 1652 | Romanus Weichlein, composer |
| 1625 | Artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised |
| 1620 | Peregrine White, son of Wm and Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower |
| 1606 | Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian |
| 1602 | Otto von Guericke, inventor, air pump |
| 1327 | Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder, Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan |
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