| 1989 | Dakota Johnson, son of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson |
| 1987 | Michael Roman, actor, Al-One Life to Live |
| 1980 | Jimmy Workman, actor, Pugsley-Addams Family |
| 1979 | Rachael Leigh Cook, American Actress |
| 1976 | Alicia Silverstone, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Clueless, Batman Forever |
| 1975 | Heather Tom, Hinsdale, Illinois, Victoria-Y&R, Deadly Whispers |
| 1974 | Claudia Elena Vasquez, Miss Universe-best costume, Colombia, 1997 |
| 1973 | Emy Snook, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Kantroy Barber, fullback for the Carolina Panthers |
| 1973 | Kerry Joseph, WLAF quarterback for the London Monarchs |
| 1972 | Joanna Stone, Australian javelin thrower 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Kurt Thomas, NBA forward, Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat |
| 1972 | Norberto Garrido, tackle for the Carolina Panthers |
| 1972 | Rusty Fitzgerald, Minneapolis, NHL center for the Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1971 | Corey Sawyer, NFL cornerback for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1970 | Brian Kozlowski, NFL halfback, Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants |
| 1970 | Hency Charles, CFL defensive back, Montreal Alouettes |
| 1970 | Lucy Nusrala, born in St. Louis, Missouri, 5k runner |
| 1970 | Ryan McNeil, NFL cornerback, Detroit Lions, St. Louis Rams |
| 1969 | Lucas Parsons, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer |
| 1968 | Kanavis McGhee, NFL defensive end for the Houston Oilers |
| 1967 | Nick Green, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Roger Pavlik, born in Houston, Texas, pitcher for the Texas Rangers |
| 1967 | Vicky Bullett, WNBA forward and center, Charlotte Sting, Gold Medal 1990 Olympics |
| 1967 | Liev Schreiber, born in San Francisco, California, actor, director, screenwriter, appeared in 'X-Men Origins', 'The Manchurian Candidate', 'Salt' |
| 1966 | John van de Brom, soccer player, Ajax |
| 1966 | Mike Walker, Brooksville, Florida, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers |
| 1965 | "Stuttering John" Melendez, interviewer, Howard Stern Show |
| 1964 | David Brain, cricketer, Zimbabwe lefty seamer 1993- |
| 1964 | Mark McLemore, born in San Diego, California, infielder for the Texas Rangers |
| 1964 | Matthew Cetlinski, U.S. 400m freestyle swimmer |
| 1964 | Yvonne Murray, born in Musselburgh, Scottish track, running athlete, won Olympic bronze medal, 3000m, Seoul, 1988 |
| 1963 | A C Green, NBA forward, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks |
| 1963 | Bruce Ruffin, Lubbock, Texas, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies |
| 1963 | Patti Berendt, born in San Diego, California, LPGA golfer, 1995 Star Bank Classic-24th |
| 1962 | Jon Secada, born in Havana, Cuba, born Juan Francisco Secada, singer, songwriter for himself and for Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Grammy-Award winner |
| 1962 | Aldo Sprenger, Dutch pop guitarist, Kong-Phlegm |
| 1962 | Dennis Cook, Lamarque, Texas, pitcher for the Texas Rangers |
| 1961 | David W. Harper, Abilene, Texas, actor, Jim Bob-Waltons |
| 1961 | Mary Ellen Stuart, actress, Frannie Crawford-As the World Turns |
| 1960 | Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard, Apopka, Florida, country singer, Betty's Bein' Bad |
| 1960 | Jennifer Anglin, Adrian, Michigan, actress, Cheryl-General Hospital |
| 1959 | Tony Meo, English billiards champion, snookers |
| 1958 | Anneka Rice, born in Cowbridge, Wales, born Anne Rice, television hostess, ITV's cooking show, 'Sunday Feast', author, star in 'The Vagina Monologues' |
| 1958 | Barbara MacDonald, rocker, Timbuk 3 |
| 1957 | Christina Smith, born in Miami, Florida, playmate, Mar, 1978 |
| 1957 | Gregory T Linteris, Demarest, New Jersey, astronaut, sk: STS-83 |
| 1957 | Russell Simmons, American Businessman |
| 1956 | Hans van Breukelen, Dutch soccer goaltender, PSV |
| 1956 | Sherri Turner, Greenville, South Carolina, LPGA golfer, 1988 Mazda LPGA Champ |
| 1952 | Anita Luceete Defrantz, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, rower 1976 Olympics bronze |
| 1952 | Jody Stephens, rock drummer, Big Star |
| 1952 | Nina Carter, born in London, England, vocalist, Blonde on Blonde |
| 1951 | Alan Rosenberg, actor, Civil Wars, LA Law, Cybill |
| 1950 | Meg Bennett, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Young and Restless |
| 1949 | Armand Assante, New York City, actor, Private Benjamin, Unfaithfully Yours |
| 1947 | James Fielder, Denton, Texas, rocker, Blood Sweat and Tears |
| 1946 | Andre Bolhuis, hockey player, World Cup 1973, European Cup 1978 |
| 1946 | Susan Sarandon, born in Jackson Hgts, New York, actress, Bull Durham |
| 1946 | Chuck Hagel, American Politician |
| 1945 | Clifton Davis, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor/singer, That's My Mama, Amen |
| 1944 | Nona Hendryx, Trenton, New Jersey, singer, LaBelle-Lady Marmalade |
| 1944 | Patty LaBelle, singer, LaBelles-Lady Marmalade, If You Asked Me Too |
| 1943 | Bonnie Bryant, LPGA golfer |
| 1943 | Buddy Roemer, born in Bossier City, Louisiana, Governor-D-Louisiana 1988 - 1992 |
| 1943 | Owen Keir Davidson, Australia, 4 time Wimbledon mix double champ |
| 1943 | H. Rap Brown, American Activist |
| 1942 | Christopher Stone, Manchester, New Hampshire, actor, Dave-Dallas, Interns |
| 1942 | Jenny Arean, Joanna Klarenbeek, Dutch actress, Paul Chevrolet |
| 1942 | Bernice Johnson Reagon, American Musician |
| 1941 | Anne Rice, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, author, Interview with a Vampire |
| 1941 | Lori Saunders, born in Kansas City, Missouri, Petticoat Junction, Dusty Trails |
| 1940 | Steve Swallow, American Musician |
| 1939 | Henson Moore, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Representative-R-Louisiana 1975 - 1987 |
| 1937 | Franz Vranitzky, Austria union chancellor, 1986- |
| 1937 | Jackie Collins, London, author, Bitch, Stud |
| 1936 | David Pithey, cricketer, bro of Tony, South Africa all-rounder in 8 Tests |
| 1936 | Sally Mary Caroline Belfrage, writer |
| 1936 | Christopher Alexander, American Architect |
| 1935 | Eddie Applegate, Wyncote, Pennsylvania, actor, Richard-Patty Duke Show |
| 1934 | Malva M Basoalto, daughter of Pablo Neruda and Marie Hagenaar Vogelzang |
| 1934 | Sam Huff, NFL linebacker, New York Giants, Washington Redskins |
| 1932 | Dottie West, country singer |
| 1932 | Felicia Farr, Westchester, New York, actress, Charley Varrick, Kotch |
| 1931 | Basil D'Oliveira, cricketer, England all-rounder of late 60's |
| 1931 | Dick Tracy, comic strip crimestopper |
| 1931 | Richard Rorty, born in New York City, philosopher, focused on philosophy of language, of mind, politics, literary theory |
| 1929 | Leroy Van Dyke, Spring Fork, Missouri, country singer, Walk on By |
| 1929 | Scotty Beckett, born in Oakland California, actor, Listen Darling, Battleground |
| 1928 | Alvin Toffler, author, Future Shock, Power Shift, The Third Wave |
| 1923 | Charlton Heston, born in Illinois, American actor in film, theater, television, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 1922 | Malcolm Baldrige, Conn, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1981 - 1987 |
| 1920 | George Tribe, cricketer, Australian chinaman bowler, Northants |
| 1917 | Albert de Klerk, Dutch composer and conductor |
| 1917 | Jan Murray, born in Bronx, New York, comedian, Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear |
| 1916 | Owen Tudor Williams, civil engineer |
| 1916 | George Sidney, American Director |
| 1915 | Koos Schuur, Dutch journalist/poet, 7 Curses |
| 1914 | Brendan Gill, born in Hartford, Connecticut, writer, film critic, author, wrote film critiques for Film Comment, wrote articles for The New Yorker, and a book about his time at The New Yorker magazine |
| 1913 | Stanley Oliphant Stewart, librarian |
| 1912 | Alfonso Letelier-Llonas, composer |
| 1912 | John de Mol, Dutch accordianist/producer, Baantjer, Pril Geluk |
| 1909 | James B Pritchard, U.S., theologist/archaeologist |
| 1909 | Noel Chiboust, trumpeter/Sax |
| 1906 | Johannes Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter, passage fight |
| 1905 | Rene Defossez, composer |
| 1904 | Harris Rhoad, rocker |
| 1904 | Rene Mable Neighbour Cloke, illustrator |
| 1903 | Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian nazi, SS/SD |
| 1903 | Lord Roborough, English large landowner/multi-millionaire |
| 1901 | Carroll Nye, born in Canton, Ohio, actress, Lawless Woman |
| 1895 | Buster [Joseph F] Keaton, actor, Navigator, Steamboat Bill, Jr |
| 1895 | Richard Sorge, German spy for U.S.S.R. in Tokyo, WW II |
| 1895 | Sergei Jessenin, writer |
| 1895 | Buster Keaton, American Actor |
| 1894 | Cliff Hall, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Crime Photographer |
| 1892 | Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian Fascist chancellor killed by Nazis |
| 1892 | Luis Trenker, Sankt Ulrich, actor, Berge in Flammen |
| 1889 | John B Kelly, Olympic champion rower/father of Grace Kelly |
| 1887 | Francis Bull, Norway, writer, Norsk literature historian |
| 1886 | Luis Alberni, Spain, actor, Topaze |
| 1885 | Henricus Wijdefield, Dutch architect, Peace Palace |
| 1881 | [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German Field Marshal |
| 1880 | Damon Runyon, U.S. journalist and writer, Guys and Dolls-based on his work |
| 1875 | Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, composer |
| 1868 | Marcelo Torcuato the Alvear, president of Argentina, 1922-28 |
| 1865 | Friedrich Lienhard, German writer, Lieder eines Elsassers |
| 1865 | Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend' |
| 1861 | Frederic Remington, U.S., artist/sculptor of American West |
| 1861 | Joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer |
| 1860 | Sidney Paget, British illustrator, Sherlock Holmes |
| 1859 | Henryk Pachulski, composer |
| 1857 | Henry Schoenfeld, composer |
| 1853 | Armando Palacio Valdes, Spanish writer: La hermana San Sulpicio |
| 1841 | Stephen Albert Emery, composer |
| 1840 | Charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer |
| 1836 | Juliette Adam-Lamber, French author, Salon/Nouvelle Revue |
| 1832 | William Griggs, inventor, photo chromo lithography |
| 1822 | Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Delaware Ohio, R, 19th President, 1877-81 |
| 1822 | Rutherford B. Hayes, American President |
| 1818 | Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier |
| 1816 | Egbert Benson Brown, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1810 | Alexander Walewski, French earl/foreign minister/Napoleon I's son |
| 1810 | Eliza Johnson, American First Lady |
| 1809 | Albrecht F H, prince of Prussia |
| 1809 | Robert Cumming Schenck, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1804 | "Felix", cricketer, Nicholas Wanostracht |
| 1796 | John Richardson, Canadian writer, Wacousta, or the prophecy |
| 1787 | Francois P G Guizot, French historian/politician |
| 1772 | Francois-Louis Perne, composer |
| 1762 | Tommaso Sogner, composer |
| 1749 | Jean-Louis Duport, composer |
| 1744 | Domenico Corri, composer |
| 1741 | Edmund Malone, Irish Editor |
| 1720 | Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian etcher |
| 1659 | Franz Weichlein, composer |
| 1633 | Anton Ulrich, German duke of Brunswick/Wolfenbuttel/poet |
| 1626 | Richard Cromwell, lord protector of England, 1658-59 |
| 1607 | Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Span playwright, Del Rey Abajo Ninguno |
| 1550 | Charles IX, King of Sweden |
| 1542 | Roberto Bellarmino, Italian theologist/diplomat |
| 1515 | Lucas Cranach, the Younger, German painter |
| 1289 | Louis X, the Stubborn, king of France, 1314-16 |
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