| 1981 | Amanda Beard, born in Newport Beach, California, 100m/200m breaststroke, 2 Silver Medals 1996 Olympics |
| 1976 | Claudia Dopf, Miss Peru Universe 1997 |
| 1974 | Mike Crawford, linebacker for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1974 | R A Dickey, born in Nashville, Tennessee, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1974 | Renata Hornofova, Miss Universe-Czech Republic 1996 |
| 1973 | Adam Bacher, cricketer, nephew of Ali South Africa Test batsman 1996- |
| 1972 | Rhonda Blades, WNBA guard, New York Liberty |
| 1972 | Gabrielle Union, American Actress |
| 1971 | Greg Blewett, cricketer, Australia batsman, century on Test debut 1995 |
| 1971 | Matthew Hayden, cricketer, heavy scorer for Queensland, Australia 1994-96 |
| 1971 | Winona Ryder, born in Minnesota, actress, Heathers, Edward Scissorhand |
| 1970 | Charles Swann, WLAF cornerback for the Scotland Claymores |
| 1970 | Chris Thorpe, Waukegan, Illinois, doubles luger 1994 Olympics |
| 1970 | Dan Ratushny, Nepean, NHL defenseman for the Florida Panthers |
| 1970 | Edwin van der Sar, Dutch soccer goalkeeper, Ajax |
| 1970 | Marquez Pope, NFL cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers |
| 1970 | Phillip Cocu, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse, PSV |
| 1969 | Peter Breen, Brockton Massachusetts, dance skater |
| 1968 | Grayson McCouch, New York City, actor, Morgan Winthrop-Another World |
| 1968 | Johann Olav Koss, speed skater, Olympics-3 gold-1994 |
| 1967 | Greg Gohr, Santa Clara California, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers |
| 1967 | Joely Fisher, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Paige-Ellen |
| 1965 | Andy Beal, Germany, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 West of England Pro |
| 1965 | Greg Davis, NFL kicker for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1965 | Steven Sweet, Wadsworth Ohio, heavy metal artist, Warrant-Cherry Pie |
| 1964 | Greg Montgomery, punter for the Baltimore Ravens |
| 1964 | Jackie Pereira, born in Perth, Australia, field hockey center and forward 1996 Olympics |
| 1964 | May Allison, born in Toronto, Ontario, marathoner 1996 Olympics |
| 1961 | Cornelia Oschkenat, born in East Germany, hurdler, 50m indoor |
| 1961 | Joel Otto, Elk River, Minnesota, NHL center, Philadelphia Flyers, Team USA Olympics-1998 |
| 1961 | Randy Jackson, born in Gary, Indiana, rocker, Jackson 5-ABC |
| 1960 | Michael Carter, born in Dallas, Texas, shot putter 1984 Olympics silver |
| 1959 | Finola Hughes, London, actress, Anna-General Hospital, Staying Alive |
| 1959 | Jesse Barfield, Illinois, outfielder, Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 home run leader |
| 1959 | Mike Gartner, Ottawa, NHL right wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1959 | Tamar Baruch, actress, Small Truth, Q and Q |
| 1955 | Kevin DuBrow, born in Hollywood, California, singer, lead vocalist, Quiet Riot, heavy metal band 1973 - 2007 |
| 1954 | Anita Meijer, Dutch singer, Just a Disillusion |
| 1954 | Herman Ronald Frazier, Philadelphia, 400m/4x400m runner 1976 Olympics gold |
| 1953 | Denis Potvin, Ottawa Ontario, New York Islander defenseman, Norris trophy |
| 1952 | Arnell Carmichael, rock keyboardist, Raydio |
| 1952 | Valeri I Tokarev, Russian colonel/cosmonaut |
| 1951 | Dirk Kempthorne, born in San Diego, California, U.S. Secretary of the Interior 2006 - 2009, U.S. Senator from Idaho 1999 - 2006 |
| 1951 | Rick Bordia, rock guitarist, Mink Deville |
| 1949 | Paul Orndorff, wrestler, WCW/SMW/NWA/WWF, Mr. Wonderful |
| 1948 | Kate Jackson, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Rookies, Charlie's Angels |
| 1947 | Richard Dreyfuss, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Jaws, Nuts, Mr. Holland's Opus |
| 1946 | Anura Tennekoon, cricketer, Sri Lankan World Cup captain 1975-79 |
| 1946 | Peter Green, Peter Greenbaum, London, rocker, Fleetwood Mac |
| 1946 | Strinivasa Moodley, South African anti-apartheid activist |
| 1945 | Melba Moore, Beatrice, New York City, singer and actress, Ellis Island |
| 1944 | Denny Laine, Brian Hines, rock guitarist, Moody Blues, Wings |
| 1944 | Fausto Leali, Italian entertainer |
| 1944 | Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch guitarist, Shocking Blue |
| 1943 | Donald Simpson, film producer |
| 1942 | Johan Fleming Ramsland, British broadcaster |
| 1941 | Brian Yuile, cricketer, New Zealand slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests |
| 1940 | Connie Mack III, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Florida 1983 - 1989, Senator-R-Florida 1989 - 2001 |
| 1940 | Galen Weston, English/Canadian industrial/multi-millionaire |
| 1937 | Michael Ponti, Freiburg Germany, pianist, Boston Competition 1964 |
| 1935 | David Allen, cricketer, England off-spinner of 60's |
| 1934 | Karl Francis Hettinger, Onion Field survivor |
| 1934 | Pim Jacobs, jazz pianist/Dutch TV host/actor, Gilas |
| 1934 | Ramon Sender, born in Madrid, Spain, composer, co-founder, San Francisco Tape Music Center, co-designed the first west coast synthesizer, the Buchla Box |
| 1934 | Robert E Hughes, New York City, orchestra leader, Rich Little Show |
| 1927 | Frank A Sedgman, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1951 |
| 1927 | Hugo Schiltz, Flemish politician |
| 1926 | Jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor |
| 1925 | Betty Evans Grayson, born in Portland, Oregon, softball pitcher, Hall of Fame 1959 |
| 1925 | Geraldine Brooks, New York City, actress, Faraday and Co, Dumplings, Act of Murder |
| 1925 | Zoot Sims, born in Queens, New York, musician, saxophonist, jazz player, played with Woody Herman, Al Cohn, Buddy Rich, Jack Kerouac, Count Basie, Art Pepper |
| 1924 | Zbigniew Herbert, writer |
| 1923 | Dietrich Manicke, composer |
| 1923 | Desmond Bagley, British Journalist |
| 1922 | Francois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor, Spider |
| 1922 | Neal Hefti, Hastings, Nebraska, orchestra leader, Kate Smith Show |
| 1922 | Neil Blaney, politician |
| 1921 | Bill Mauldin, cartoonist, WW II Army grunts |
| 1921 | Ed Kemmer, Reading, Pennsylvania, actor, Buzz Corey-Space Patrol |
| 1921 | William Henry Mauldin, New Mexico, political cartoonist, Pulitzer-1945, 59 |
| 1917 | Eddie Constantine, US/French actor, Lucky Jo, It Lives Again |
| 1917 | Henry Carlsson, Sweden, soccer 1948 Olympics gold |
| 1915 | Dennis Brookes, cricketer, one Test England vs. WI 1948, scored 10 and 7 |
| 1911 | Phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader |
| 1910 | Alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician |
| 1909 | Douglass Montgomery, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Forbidden, Harmony Lane |
| 1908 | Stewart Myles MacPherson, broadcaster |
| 1907 | Lew Parker, actor, Lou Marie 'That Girl' |
| 1906 | Fredric [William] Brown, U.S., sci-fi author, Martians Go Home |
| 1905 | Laurence Dowdall, lawyer |
| 1905 | Henry Green, English Novelist |
| 1903 | Vivian Ellis, composer |
| 1901 | Daniele Amfiteatrov, composer |
| 1899 | Akim Tamiroff, Tiflis Russia, actor, For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| 1898 | Emmanuel Bondeville, composer |
| 1897 | Hope Emerson, Hawarden Iowa, actress, I Married Joan, Peter Gunn |
| 1897 | Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propagandist |
| 1897 | Joseph Goebbels, Criminal |
| 1893 | Johannes F "Johan" Bakker, Jr., Dutch actor |
| 1891 | Fanny Brice, born in New York City, singing comedienne, Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks |
| 1890 | Claire Goll, born in Nuremberg, Germany, journalist, writer, poet, wrote 'Poemes d'amour', 'Poemes de la jalousie' |
| 1884 | Bela Lugosi, born in Lugos, Hungary, horror actor, Dracula, Body Snatcher |
| 1883 | Dirk Verbeek, Dutch actor and director, Hofstad Stage |
| 1882 | Jean Giraudoux, born in Bellac, France, playwright, Eglantine, Provinciales |
| 1879 | Franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor, 1932 |
| 1879 | Franz von Papen, German Politician |
| 1878 | Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, China, WW II |
| 1875 | Marie, queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania, 1914-27 |
| 1873 | Guillermo Valencia, Colombia, poet/translator/statesman |
| 1871 | Narziss Ach, German psychologist, Analyse des Willens |
| 1859 | Charles Ebbets, namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn |
| 1857 | Conrad Haebler, German historian, Early printers of Spain/Portugal |
| 1853 | Josephine B Willson Bruce, U.S. theorist, NACW |
| 1844 | Albert von Rothschild, Austrian banker |
| 1837 | Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier, AR, 1908-12 |
| 1837 | Harriet Powers, U.S., slave/writer, Creation of Animals |
| 1824 | Joseph Horace Lewis, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1822 | Joost G Kist, Dutch lawyer/president of High Council, 1885-97 |
| 1816 | Ferdinand II AFA, king of Portugal |
| 1811 | Louis Blanc, French Politician |
| 1762 | Andre-Marie Chenier, French poet, Elegies |
| 1748 | Daniel Smith, American Politician |
| 1740 | James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer |
| 1656 | Edmond Halley, English Scientist |
| 1562 | George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1513 | Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne |
| 1507 | Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Netherlands, 1566-73 |
| 1463 | Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher |
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