| 1984 | Ashley Peldon, born in Staten Island, New York, actress, Marsha-Guilding Light, Deceived |
| 1978 | Aimee Delatte, Miss Arkansas Teen USA 1996 |
| 1978 | Avi Phillips, born in Ontario, actor, Maniac Mansion |
| 1978 | Melissa Coish, Miss New Hampshire Teen USA 1996 |
| 1977 | Karen Ann Peterson, Miss Aruba Universe 1997 |
| 1975 | Angela Michelle Hughes, born in Anderson, South Carolina, Miss America-South Carolina 1997 |
| 1975 | Danyon Joseph Loader, born in Dunedin, New Zealand, 200m/400m swimmer, Olympic-2 gold-96 |
| 1974 | Brice Hunter, wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1972 | David Williams, born in Bedford, Pennsylvania, outfielder for the San Francisco Giants |
| 1972 | Lori Flick, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Miss America-Massachusetts 1997 |
| 1972 | Tia Jackson, WNBA forward, Phoenix Mercury |
| 1971 | Jennifer Reed, Miss USA-Michigan 1997 |
| 1971 | Samantha Druce, youngest woman to swim English Channel |
| 1971 | Tom Cavallo, NFL/WLAF linebacker, Frankfurt Galaxy, San Francisco 49ers |
| 1971 | Tony Mcgee, NFL tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1970 | Israel Stanley, NFL/WLAF defensive end, NO Saints, Rhein Fire |
| 1970 | Stewart Malgunas, Prince George, NHL defenseman for the Washington Capitals |
| 1969 | Conrad Clarks, NFL center for the Indianapolis Colts |
| 1969 | Dwight Hollier, NFL linebacker for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1968 | Peter van Foxes, soccer player, Ajax |
| 1966 | Judy Diduck, ice hockey defenseman, Canada, 1998 Olympics |
| 1966 | Michael Franti, born in San Francisco, California, poet, musician, head of Michael Franti & Spearhead band, supports peace and social justice issues |
| 1965 | Ed Belfour, Carman, NHL goalie, Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1965 | Gary Grant, NBA guard for the New York Knicks |
| 1965 | Karen Foster, born in Lufkin, Texas, playmate, Oct, 1989 |
| 1964 | Louise Mullard, Kurri Kurri NSW, golfer, 1990 T3 Coca Cola Classic |
| 1963 | John Cameron Mitchell, born in El Paso, Texas, actor, Misplaced, Band of the Hand |
| 1963 | Ken Caminiti, born in Hanford, California, infielder for the San Diego Padres |
| 1962 | Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin, born in Russia, major/cosmonaut |
| 1960 | Julius Korir, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser 1984 Olympics gold |
| 1959 | Robert Smith, born in Sussex, rock guitarist and vocalist, Cure-Hell's Kitchen |
| 1959 | Jerry Only, born in Lodi, New Jersey, Gerald Caiafa, bassist, singer for the Misfits, horror punk, hardcore punk genres, creator, Devilock, hair style |
| 1958 | Andie MacDowell, born in Gaffney, South Carolina, model, actress, producer, appeared in 'Green Card', 'Sex, Lies and Videotape', 'Just the Ticket', 'Beauty Shop' |
| 1957 | Jesse Orosco, born in Santa Barbara, California, pitcher, New York Mets, Orioles, Dodgers |
| 1954 | Dale Eggeling, born in Statesboro, Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1995 Oldsmobile Classic |
| 1953 | Edward Ray Fiori, born in Lynwood, California, PGA golfer, 1979 Southern Open |
| 1951 | Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-2 |
| 1951 | Paul Carrack, born in Sheffield, England, rock vocalist, Squeeze/Ace-How Long |
| 1951 | Tony Danza, born in Brooklyn, Tony Banta-Taxi, Tony Micelli-Who's the Boss |
| 1949 | Patti LuPone, born in Northport, New York, actress and singer, Evita, Life Goes On |
| 1948 | Claire Denis, born in Paris, France, actress, Boom Boom, Chocolat |
| 1948 | Gary Condit, born in Salina, Oklahoma, Representative-D-California 1989 - 1993 |
| 1948 | Lord Egremont, English large landowner/multi-millionaire |
| 1948 | Paul Davis, born in Meridian, Michigan, country/rock vocalist, I Go Crazy |
| 1947 | Alan Warner, rocker, Foundations |
| 1947 | Iggy Pop, born in Michigan, rocker, Zombie Birdhouse |
| 1947 | John Weider, bassist, Family-Family Entertainment |
| 1946 | S Venkataraghavan, cricket, Indian off-spinner, Test ump, ICC referee |
| 1942 | Bobby McClure, U.S. gospel singer, Don't Mess Up a Good Thing |
| 1940 | Souleymane Cisse, director, Waati, Yeelen, Finye, Baara |
| 1939 | Ernie Maresca, singer and songwriter, Runaround Sue, Wanderer |
| 1939 | John McCabe, born in Huyton, England, composer, pianist, wrote thirteen symphonies by age 11, composed Notturni ed Alba in 1970, ballets, string quartets, piano music, known for his concerti |
| 1937 | Charles Lee Herron, born in Kentucky, FBI most wanted fugitive, Jan 1 1986 |
| 1936 | Anthony Joseph Gnazzo, composer |
| 1936 | Bob Cleary, U.S., ice hockey player 1960 Olympics gold |
| 1936 | James Dobson, American Psychologist |
| 1936 | James C. Dobson, American Psychologist |
| 1935 | Charles Grodin, actor, Woman in Red, Lonely Guy, Heartbreak Kid |
| 1935 | Thomas H. Kean, American Politician |
| 1934 | Martin Horton, cricketer, England off-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 1959 |
| 1933 | Easley Blackwood, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, composer, Un Voyage a Cythere |
| 1932 | Angela Mortimer, English tennis player, Wimbledon |
| 1932 | Elaine May, born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, comedienne/writer/actress, New Leaf |
| 1930 | Don Tyson, founder, Tyson Foods |
| 1930 | Silvana Mangano, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Death in Venice, Barabbas |
| 1927 | Robert Brustein, born in New York City, dean, Yale School of Drama |
| 1926 | Elizabeth, Alexandra Mary Windsor II, Queen of England, 1952- |
| 1926 | Elizabeth II, British Royalty |
| 1926 | Queen Elizabeth II, English Royalty |
| 1924 | Daniel Melnick, born in New York City, producer, Get Smart |
| 1924 | Ira Louvin, born in Rainsville, Alabama, country singer, Louvin Brothers |
| 1923 | Andrea Domburg, Dutch actress, Theo d'Or Prize, Keetje Tippel |
| 1923 | John Mortimer, English Novelist |
| 1922 | Allan Watkins, cricketer, England batsman late 40s early 50s |
| 1921 | Jack Fletcher, born in Forest Hills, New York, actor, Grady, Bob Crane Show |
| 1920 | Christopher Dark, born in New York, actor, Suddenly, Tenderfoot |
| 1919 | Franc [Franklin E] Essed, Suriname agricultural eng, Oper Grasshopper |
| 1919 | John Goddard, cricketer, West Indian all-rounder 1948-57 |
| 1917 | Emanuel Vardi, born in Jerusalem, Israel, violist, SD Symph 1978-82 |
| 1916 | Sidney Clute, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Lou Grant, Cagney and Lacey |
| 1915 | Anthony Quinn, born in Mexico, actor, Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia |
| 1915 | Garrett Hardin, American Environmentalist |
| 1913 | Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor, isolated growth hormones |
| 1913 | Kai-Uwe von Hassel, German politician |
| 1913 | Norman Parkinson, born in England, fashion photographer, Harper's Bazaar |
| 1912 | Feike P. Asma, Dutch organist |
| 1912 | Nell Koppen, actress, Kniertje-Op Hoop van Zegen |
| 1911 | Leonard Warren, born in New York City, baritone, Metropolitan Opera 1939 - 1960 |
| 1909 | Rollo May, U.S., psychologist, Love and Will |
| 1909 | Adam Clymer, American Journalist |
| 1909 | James R. Bath, American Businessman |
| 1908 | Louis Hostin, born in France, Light Heavyweight, Gold Medals 1932, 1936 Olympics |
| 1907 | Antoni Szalowski, composer |
| 1907 | Beatrice Kay, born in New York City, singer/actress, Sister Sue-Calvin and Col |
| 1905 | Edmund G "Pat" Brown, California Governor, Democrat |
| 1904 | Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam, 1957-67 |
| 1904 | Jean Helion, artist/author, They Shall Not Have Me |
| 1903 | Hans Hedtoft, premier Denmark, 1947..55 |
| 1902 | Bernard J H "Ben" Stroman, recensent/writer, Jomtof and Blue Beard |
| 1901 | Julian Bautista, composer |
| 1899 | Clement D'Hooghe, composer |
| 1899 | Randall Thompson, born in New York City, composer, Trip to Nahant |
| 1898 | Steve Owen, NFL tackle, coach for the New York Giants |
| 1897 | Aiden Wilson Tozer, American Clergyman |
| 1896 | Attila Horbiger, Austrian actor, Die Grosse Liebe, Die Julika |
| 1896 | Henry M de Montherlant, French stage author, La Reine Morte |
| 1892 | Jaroslav Kvapil, composer |
| 1887 | Lillian Walker, born in Brooklyn, New York, entertainer |
| 1886 | Charlie Naughton, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Frozen Limits |
| 1881 | Jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter/caricaturist, Rocks of Oran |
| 1878 | Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist |
| 1872 | GW Bitzer, Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer, Roxbury MA |
| 1871 | Leo Blech, born in Aachen, Rhenish Prussia, studied with Engelbert Humperdinck, German opera composer |
| 1871 | Vojtech Rihovsky, composer |
| 1867 | Benjamin A. Jesurun, Antillian literary |
| 1864 | Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian, Ancient Judaism |
| 1854 | Eusapia Palladino, Napolitanse with parergische phenomenons |
| 1854 | Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer |
| 1853 | Charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer |
| 1849 | Oskar Hertwig, Germany, embryologist, discovered fertilization |
| 1840 | Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist, Magister choralis |
| 1838 | John Muir, U.S., naturalist/discoverer, glaciers in High Seirras |
| 1838 | Nat Thompson, cricketer, 1st batsman dismissed in a Test match |
| 1837 | Fredrik Bajer, born in Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist, Nobel 1908 |
| 1834 | William Rufus Terrill, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1828 | Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, Voyage in Italy |
| 1824 | Anselmo Clave, composer |
| 1816 | Charlotte Bronte, born in Tornton, England, novelist 'Jane Eyre' |
| 1816 | Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Confederate Army |
| 1814 | Beni Egressy, composer |
| 1809 | Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secretary State, Confederacy |
| 1806 | Peter van Schendel, Dutch painter |
| 1805 | James Martineau, English Philosopher |
| 1803 | Levin Minnesota Powell, Commander Union Navy |
| 1795 | Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint |
| 1782 | Friedrich W. A. Frobel, German educator, founded kindergarten |
| 1779 | William Knyvett, composer |
| 1775 | Alexander Anderson, U.S., engraver/illustrator, Shakespeare |
| 1774 | Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and balloonist |
| 1749 | Johann Michael Malzat, composer |
| 1730 | Antonin Kammel, composer |
| 1729 | Catharina II, the Great, writer/emperess of Russia, 1762-96 |
| 1729 | Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty |
| 1713 | Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France |
| 1672 | Johann Philipp Kafer, composer |
| 1619 | John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder, Cape Colony |
| 1546 | Arcangelo Crivelli, composer |
| 1488 | Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot |
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