| 1996 | Lourdes Marie Ciccone Leon, daughter of singer Madonna |
| 1979 | Coty Strickler, Miss Montana Teen USA 1997 |
| 1978 | Usher Raymond, born in Dallas, Texas, stage name, 'Usher', recording artist, actor, sold over 40 million albums worldwide, won five Grammy Awards, films include, 'In the Mix' |
| 1974 | Kim Williams, WNBA guard for the Utah Starzz |
| 1974 | Natalie Maines, born in Lubbock, Texas, singer, songwriter, the Dixie Chicks, alternative country band, Grammy-Award winning album, 'Taking the Long Way' |
| 1973 | DeJuan Wheat, NBA guard, Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 1972 | Erika de Lone, born in Boston, Massachusetts, tennis star, 1996 Futures-Wilmington DE |
| 1972 | J J Smith, NFL running back for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1972 | Mike Archie, running back for the Tennessee Oilers |
| 1972 | Nelson Van waes, CFL defensive linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| 1972 | Shawn Banks, WLAF LB for the Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1971 | Derrick Rodgers, linebacker for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1971 | Frank Wycheck, NFL tight end, Houston/Tennessee Oilers |
| 1971 | Heath Sims, Orange California, 149 lbs/68 kg greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Daniela Pestova, Chameleon, Prague Czechoslovakia, model, 1995 SI/L'Oreal |
| 1970 | Jim Jackson, NBA guard, Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1970 | Nina Kemppel, Anchorage Alaska, cross country skier 1994 Olympics |
| 1969 | Mark Verhoeven, Dutch soccer player, MVV/NEC |
| 1969 | P J Brown, NBA center and forward, New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat |
| 1968 | Dwayne Schintzius, NBA center for the Indiana Pacers |
| 1968 | Gene Williams, NFL guard and tackle for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1968 | Rashid Latif, cricketer, Pakistani wicket-keeper |
| 1968 | Wanda Guyton, WNBA forward for the Houston Comets |
| 1967 | Dave Hajek, Roseville California, infielder for the Houston Astros |
| 1967 | Sylvain Lefebvre, Richmond, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche |
| 1965 | Doris Piche, La Sarre Quebec, badminton player 1996 Olympics |
| 1965 | Karyn White, born in Los Angeles, California, singer, Grammy Award-nominated Pop and R&B singer |
| 1965 | Steve Coogan, British Comedian |
| 1964 | Joe Girardi, Peoria, Illinois, catcher, New York Yankees |
| 1964 | Pieter Axe, soccer player, FC Utrecht/South Carolina Heerenveen |
| 1963 | Keith Byars, NFL running back, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots |
| 1962 | Shahar Perkiss, Israel, tennis star |
| 1961 | Melanie Wilson, actress, Jennifer-Perfect Strangers |
| 1961 | Mike Tramp, Denmark, heavy metal rocker, White Lion-Mane Attraction |
| 1961 | Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer |
| 1960 | John Aalberg, Orland Norway, U.S. cross country skier 1994 Olympics |
| 1959 | A J Pero, Staten Is, drummer, Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It |
| 1958 | Thomas Dolby, born in Cairo, Egypt, rock vocalist, She Blinded Me With Science |
| 1957 | Gregory T Linteris, Demarest, New Jersey, PhD/astronaut, STS-83, 94 |
| 1956 | Beth Daniel, Charleston, South Carolina, LPGA golfer, 1990 Kemper Open |
| 1956 | Arleen Sorkin, actress, Days of Our Lives, America's Funniest Videos |
| 1955 | Thomas Keller, American Celebrity |
| 1954 | Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli Scientist |
| 1953 | Greg Evigan, South Amboy, New Jersey, actor, BJ-BJ and the Bear, Melrose Place |
| 1953 | Marcel R Zeeuw, Suriname Lt-colonel, coup 1982 |
| 1953 | Olga Nikolayevna Klyushnikova, Russia, cosmonaut |
| 1953 | Roland Butcher, cricketer, 1st black to play for England 1981 |
| 1952 | Daisy Eshuijs, singer/pianist/composer, Eye to Eye |
| 1952 | Harry Anderson, Newport, Rhode Island, actor, Judge Harry Stone-Night Court |
| 1952 | Margriet Eshuijs, Dutch singer/pianist |
| 1952 | Nikolai Adrianov, U.S.S.R., gymnast, Olympic-4 gold/2 silver/bronze-1976 |
| 1951 | Marcia Barrett, St. Catherine's Jamaica, rock vocalist, Boney M |
| 1950 | Sheila Young Ochowicz, Birmingham, Michigan, speed skater, Olympic-gold/sil-76 |
| 1947 | Charlie Joiner, Many, Louisiana, NFL receiver, Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego |
| 1946 | Justin Hayward, England, vocalist, Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin |
| 1946 | Francois Bozize, Gabonese Statesman |
| 1944 | Udo Kier, Germany, actress, Warhol Dracula, Warhol Frankenstein |
| 1943 | Anthony Iannaccone, composer |
| 1943 | Lance Rentzel, NFL receiver, Minn, LA, ex-husband of Joey Heatherton |
| 1943 | Noreen Corcoran, Quincy Massachusetts, actress, Kelly-Bachelor Father |
| 1942 | Billy Harrison, Belfast Ireland, rock guitarist, Them |
| 1941 | Jim Courter, born in Montclair, New Jersey, Representative-R-New Jersey 1979 - 1983 and 1983 - 1991 |
| 1940 | Christopher Timothy, English actor, All Creatures Great and Small |
| 1940 | Cliff Richards, Harry Webb, Lucknow India, rock voclist, Suddenly |
| 1940 | Jesse Carlyle Snead, Hot Springs, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1972 Philadelphia Classic |
| 1940 | Pat Finley, Asheville, North Carolina, actress, Ellen Hartley-Bob Newhart Show |
| 1940 | Cliff Richard, English Musician |
| 1939 | Hugh Delane Thompson, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, PGA golfer, 1991 MONY Syracuse |
| 1939 | Ralph Lauren, fashion designer, Chaps |
| 1938 | John Dean III, former White House counsel, Watergate figure |
| 1935 | La Monte Young, Bern Idaho, composer, Composition in 1990 |
| 1931 | Rafael Puyana, Bogota Colombia, baroque harpsichordist, New York debut 1957 |
| 1930 | Joseph-Desire Kuku NWZA Mobutu Sese Seko, president Zaire, 1965- |
| 1930 | Robert Parker, U.S. saxophonist/soul singer, Barefootin' |
| 1929 | Alfredo Santos Buenaventura, composer |
| 1928 | Gary Graffman, New York City, pianist, Leventritt Award |
| 1927 | Roger Moore, born in London, England, actor, Alaskans, Maverick, Saint |
| 1926 | Bill Justis, born in Birmingham, Alabama, musician, musical arranger, rock and roll pioneer, celebrated for Grammy Hall of Fame song "Raunchy" and Australian hit "Tamoure" |
| 1926 | Willy Alberti, Carel Verbrugge, singer and actor, Riffin in Amsterdam |
| 1925 | Louis Cohen, physicist |
| 1924 | Robert Webber, born in Santa Ana California, actor, 79 Park Avenue |
| 1919 | Edward L Feightner, U.S. rear-admiral, WW II-Santa Cruz Islands |
| 1918 | Doug Ring, cricketer, Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's |
| 1916 | C Everett Koop, surgeon general, 1981-89 |
| 1916 | C. Everett Koop, American Public Servant |
| 1913 | Ginty Lush, cricketer, NSW quick of the 30's who didn't play for Australia |
| 1913 | Victor Trumper, Jr., cricketer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Trumper NSW 1940-41 |
| 1912 | Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist, Sociology of Sex |
| 1912 | Jack Crapp, cricketer, England batsman 1948-49 |
| 1912 | Jack Young, cricketer, Middlesex and England slow left-armer post-WW2 |
| 1911 | Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese representive at Paris peace talk |
| 1910 | Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader |
| 1910 | John Wooden, basketball coach, UCLA-10 national championships |
| 1909 | Bernd Rosemeyer, German auto racer, Indy 500 |
| 1909 | Kalervo Tuukkanen, composer |
| 1907 | Allan Jones, Scranton, Pennsylvania, actor/singer, A Day at the Races, Showboat |
| 1907 | Barend Barendse, Dutch sports reporter |
| 1907 | Pert Kelton, Great Falls Mont, actress, Cavalcade of Stars |
| 1906 | Benita Hume, born in London, England, actress, Vicky-Halls of Ivy |
| 1906 | Hannah Arendt, Germany, historian, Origins of Totalitarianism |
| 1905 | Pentti Haanpaa, Finnish author, Yhdeksan Miehen Saappaat |
| 1905 | Ruth Bernhard, German Photographer |
| 1904 | Karel Srom, composer |
| 1902 | Stanley Coen, cricketer, South African batsman in two Tests 1927-28 |
| 1901 | Willem A Wagenaar, journalist and writer, Shanghai |
| 1900 | Edwin McLeod, cricketer, played in New Zealand's 2nd-ever Test 1930 |
| 1900 | W. Edwards Deming, American Scientist |
| 1899 | Alan Washbond, U.S., 2-man bobsled, Gold Medal 1932 Olympics |
| 1898 | Cruys Voorbergh, Dutch actor and director, Flying Dutchman |
| 1896 | Lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress, Birth of a Nation |
| 1894 | Heinrich Lubke, West German president, 1959-69 |
| 1894 | Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, founder, Indonesian Communist |
| 1894 | e. e. cummings, Cambridge Massachusetts, poet, Tulips and Chimneys |
| 1892 | Sumner Welles, U.S. undersecretary/diplomat, Good neighbor policy |
| 1891 | Paul de Keyser, Flemish story teller/philologist/folklorist |
| 1890 | Dwight D Eisenhower, Denison, Texas, R, 34th President, 1953 - 1961, General, WW 2 |
| 1890 | Frank Conroy, Derby England, actor, Call of the Wild |
| 1890 | Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President |
| 1889 | Jean Canneel, Flemish sculptor |
| 1888 | Ernest Pingoud, composer |
| 1888 | Kathrin Mansfield, New Zealand writer, Aloe, Garden Party |
| 1888 | Katherine Mansfield, New Zealander Author |
| 1884 | Jimmy Conlin, Camden, New Jersey, actor, Sin of Harold Diddlebock |
| 1883 | Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist, ear doctor |
| 1882 | Charlie Parker, cricketer, legend Gloucs SLA, but 2 - 32 in only Test |
| 1882 | Eamon DeValera, New York, President of Ireland, 1937-48, 51-54, 57-59 |
| 1880 | Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet and writer, Sak och sken |
| 1874 | Margarete Susman, writer |
| 1873 | Jose Serrano Simeon, composer |
| 1873 | Ray Ewry, born in Lafayette, Indiana, jumper, 10 Gold Medals 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908 Olympics |
| 1871 | Alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer, Schneeman |
| 1869 | Joseph Duveen, England, art connoisseur, Elgin marbles |
| 1867 | Masaoka Shiki, Japan, haiku and tanka poet/diarist, Salt Water Ballads |
| 1864 | Maurice de Plessys, French poet, Palace Occidental |
| 1861 | Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer |
| 1859 | Camille Chevillard, composer |
| 1857 | Elwood Haynes, auto pioneer, built one of 1st U.S. autos |
| 1855 | George Edwardes, British composer, Gaiety Girl |
| 1853 | Ciprian Porumbescu, composer |
| 1846 | Kasimir F Badeni, Polish/Austrian premier of Cisleithanie |
| 1837 | Ellison Capers, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1827 | James Sidney Robinson, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1827 | William GGVV Harcourt, English lawyer/Minister of Finance |
| 1801 | Joseph AF Plateau, Belgium, physicist, blinded - stared at Sun 25 seconds |
| 1796 | Adolf Ganz, composer |
| 1789 | Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder |
| 1784 | Ferdinand VII MF, king of Spain |
| 1774 | Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician |
| 1764 | Charles-Henri Plantade, composer |
| 1753 | Franz Anton Dimmler, composer |
| 1740 | Joannes Siberg, Dutch governor-general of Netherlands Indies, 1801-05 |
| 1738 | Giovanni Calisto Andrea Zanotti, composer |
| 1734 | Francis Lightfoot Lee, U.S. farmer/signer Declaration of Independence |
| 1730 | Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer |
| 1712 | George Grenville, British Prime Minister, 1763-65 |
| 1687 | Robert Simson, Scotland, mathematician |
| 1644 | William Penn, English Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania |
| 1639 | Simon van der Stel, Dutch governor of Cape colony, 1679-99 |
| 1633 | James II Stuart, king of England/Scotland, James VII, 1685-88 |
| 1606 | Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch governor-general of Ceylon, 1653-78 |
| 1585 | Heinrich Schutz, German royal chaplain master/composer, Daphne |
| 1542 | Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, 3rd Mogol emperor of India, 1556-1605 |
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