| 1985 | Lauri Hendler, born in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, actress, Julie-Gimme a Break |
| 1980 | Aaron Metchnik, born in Santa Barbara California, actor, Stephen-Torkelsons |
| 1980 | Monica Flammer, born in Gainesville, Florida, gymnast alternate for 1996 Olympics |
| 1979 | Daniel Johns, Australian Musician |
| 1976 | Milena Mayorga, Miss Universe-El Salvador 1996 |
| 1975 | Brian Manning, wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1975 | Stijn Haeldermans, Belgian soccer player, MVV |
| 1975 | Greg Moore, born in New Westminster, British Columbia, promising Canadian racecar driver, competed in Indy Lights, CART World Series |
| 1974 | Adam Parfitt, born in Victoria BC, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Georgia Goettmann, model, Cosmo-May 1995 |
| 1973 | Christopher Sanders, tight end for the Washington Redskins |
| 1973 | Scott Fields, NFL linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1972 | Anna Falchi, born in Tampera, Finland, actress, La Dolce Vita '90 |
| 1972 | Sabine Appelmans, Aalst Belg, tennis star, Strasbourg doubles final |
| 1971 | Ingo Rademacher, born in West Germany, actor, Jasper Jacks-General Hospital |
| 1971 | James Burton, NFL cornerback for the Chicago Bears |
| 1971 | Milos Holan, born in Bilovec, Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Anaheim Mighty Ducks |
| 1971 | Nicklas Kulti, born in Stockholm, Sweden, professional tennis player, won the Australian Open in Wimbledon junior titles in 1989, top singles title in Adelaide, 1990 |
| 1970 | Claus Biedermann, WLAF linebacker for the Rhein Fire |
| 1970 | Coleman Bell, NFL tight end for the Washington Redskins |
| 1969 | Bobby Olive, NFL wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts |
| 1969 | Craig Logan, born in Scotland, rock bassist, Bros Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey |
| 1969 | George Williams, born in Lacrosse WI, catcher for the Oakland A's |
| 1969 | Roger Jones, NFL center for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1968 | Bimbo Coles, NBA guard, Golden State Warriors |
| 1968 | Carlos Costa, born in Spain, tennis star |
| 1968 | Jo Angel, cricketer, big WA right-arm fast bowler, Australia 1993- |
| 1968 | Vernell Coles, basketball player 1988 Olympics bronze |
| 1968 | Zarley Zalapski, born in Edmonton, NHL defenseman for the Calgary Flames |
| 1967 | Bart Bowen, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Harvey Williams, NFL running back for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1967 | Mike Buck, NFL quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1967 | Sheryl Lee, born in Boulder, Colorado, actress, Twin Peaks, Love Lies and Murder |
| 1966 | Glenn Parker, NFL offensive tackle, Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1966 | Serge Poudrier, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 |
| 1964 | Bob McCann, NBA forward, Washington Bullets |
| 1964 | Chris Makepeace, born in Toronto, actor, Vamp, My Bodyguard, Meatballs, Oasis |
| 1962 | David Wettlaufer, born in Kitchener, Ontario, golfer, Ontario Beefeater-1986, 87 |
| 1962 | Denise Baldwin, born in Atlanta, Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1991 Futures Salisbury |
| 1961 | Byron Allen, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Real People, Byron Allen Show |
| 1961 | Jeff Hostetler, NFL quarterback, New York Giants, Raiders, Redskins/1990 Superbowl |
| 1961 | Jimmy Key, born in Huntsville, Alabama, pitcher, Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Orioles |
| 1960 | Lloyd Honeyghan, English welterweight boxing champ, 1986 |
| 1959 | Nicky Le Roux, born in South Africa, LPGA golfer, 1994 Atlanta Champ-15th |
| 1959 | Ranjan Madugalle, cricketer, pioneer of Sri Lanka's Test teams |
| 1959 | Ryan Stiles, born in Seattle, Washington actor, Lewis-Drew Carey Show |
| 1958 | Ashraf Ali, cricket wicket-keeper, Pakistani mid-80s |
| 1958 | Ken Olandt, actor, April Fool's Day, Imposter, Leprechaun |
| 1957 | Alan Campbell, born in Homestead, Florida, actor, E Z-3's a Crowd |
| 1957 | Ethel White, WBL guard, New York Stars |
| 1956 | Catherine Mary Stewart, born in Edmonton, actress, Passion and Paradise |
| 1955 | Arthur Baker, rock producer, Afrika Banbaataa-Planet Rock |
| 1954 | Joseph Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Surfacing, Blind Date |
| 1953 | Steve Bond, born in Haifa, Israel, actor, General Hospital, To Die For |
| 1952 | Larry Elder, American Journalist |
| 1950 | Jancis Robinson, wine writer/broadcaster |
| 1950 | Lewis Biggs, curator, Tate Gallery-North Liverpool |
| 1950 | Peter Frampton, born in Kent, England, guitarist and vocalist with 'Humble Pie' and 'The Herd' |
| 1949 | Spencer Haywood, born in Silver City, Mississippi, NBAer, Knicks, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1948 | Carole Drinkwater, actress, Father, All Creatures Great and Small |
| 1947 | Barry Guy, born in London, England, composer, musician, double bass player, Guildhall School of Music teacher, influenced by contemporary jazz, member Michael Nyman Band |
| 1946 | Archy Kirkwood, born in the United Kingdom, politician, Liberal Party, Member of Parliament for Roxburgh and Berwickshire 1983 - 2005 |
| 1946 | Dectuplets, born in Bacacay, Brazil, 8 males and 2 females |
| 1946 | John Waters, director, Hairspray |
| 1946 | Paul Davies, British Writer |
| 1945 | Alan Dukes, Irish president, Fine Gael |
| 1945 | Donald Graham, U.S. businessman |
| 1945 | Gielijn Escher, Dutch postage stamp artist |
| 1945 | Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage |
| 1944 | Joshua Rifkin, born in New York, musicologist, composer, keyboard, involved in ragtime revival, in the 1970's, recorded Scott Joplin's works for Nonesuch Records |
| 1943 | Mel Carter, singer, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me |
| 1943 | Steve Dunne, cricketer, New Zealand Test umpire on international panel |
| 1940 | Peter Goldstein, joint founder, Superdrug |
| 1939 | Jason Miller, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, actor and writer, Exorcist, Light of Day |
| 1939 | John Chilcot, civil servant |
| 1938 | Alan Bond, tycoon/yachtsman |
| 1937 | Bobbi Fiedler, born in Santa Monica, California, Representative-R-California 1981 - 1987 |
| 1937 | David Summerscale, head master, Westminster School England |
| 1937 | Jack Nicholson, born in New Jersey, actor, One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest, Shining |
| 1937 | Jack Nitzsche, composer/songwriter, An Officer and a Gentleman |
| 1937 | Ken Palmer, cricketer, 1-190 in only Test for England, now Test ump |
| 1937 | Kenneth Palmer, cricket umpire |
| 1936 | Glen Campbell, born in Delight, Arkansas, actor/singer, Time I Get to Phoenix |
| 1935 | Christopher Ball, linguist/warden, Keble College-Oxford |
| 1934 | 9th viscount Portman, British large landowner/multi-millionaire |
| 1934 | John K. Barlow, English rubberplanter/financier/multi-millionaire |
| 1934 | Nico Ladenis, British restauranteur, Nico at 90 |
| 1934 | Viscount Portman, Britsh landowner/multimillionaire |
| 1933 | John A. Llewellyn, born in Cardiff, Wales, astronaut |
| 1933 | Robin Hutton, merchant banker |
| 1932 | Michael Colgrass, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, Best Wishes |
| 1931 | Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP, CPN/PSP |
| 1931 | Robert Dickson, born in Canada, ice hockey player, 1948 |
| 1931 | Ronald Hynd, British choreographer, English National Ballet |
| 1931 | Siem Vroom, Dutch actor, The Lift, Bridge Too Far, Mysteries |
| 1929 | Geoffrey Marshall, Provost, Queen's College, Oxford |
| 1929 | Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist |
| 1929 | Michael Atiyah, educator, Trinity College - Cambridge England |
| 1929 | Robert Wade-Gery, diplomat and executive director, Barclays de Zoete Wedd |
| 1929 | Victoria Opoku-Ware, Ghanaian queen |
| 1928 | Aaron Spelling, TV executive producer, Charlie's Angels |
| 1928 | Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist |
| 1927 | Pascal Bentoiu, composer |
| 1926 | Bob Flannigan, born in Greencastle, Indiana, singer, 4 Freshmen |
| 1926 | Charlotte Rae, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, actress, Edna-Facts of Life |
| 1926 | James Stirling, Scottish D-day-parachutist/architect/knight |
| 1925 | Christopher Ball, born in Oxford, warden, Keble College |
| 1925 | George Cole, born in London, England, actor, Minder, Vampire Lovers |
| 1923 | Betty Page, born in Kingsport, Tennessee, playmate, Jan, 1955, model, Dark Angel |
| 1923 | Hugh Lloyd, actor, Punch and Judy Man, Dunroamin' Rising |
| 1923 | Paula Fox, U.S. children's books author, Poor George |
| 1923 | Peter Bowring, CEO, C T Bowring |
| 1923 | Bettie Page, born in Nashville, Tennessee, American fetish and pin-up model, 'Playboy' playmate |
| 1922 | Charles Mingus, born in Arizona, jazz bassist, Pithecanthropus Erectus |
| 1922 | Lou Stein, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pianist, Tonight! America After Dark |
| 1922 | Richard C Diebenkorn, Jr., U.S., painter, Ocean Park Paintings |
| 1922 | Kingsley Amis, English Novelist |
| 1920 | Hal March, born in San Francisco, California, actor/TV host, $64,000 Question, Outrage |
| 1920 | Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet, Misery of the Word |
| 1919 | Donald Cram, U.S., biochemist, Nobel 1987 |
| 1917 | Leo Abse, biographer/MP |
| 1917 | Mile Yvette Chauvire, born in France, ballerina assoluta, Sleeping Beauty |
| 1917 | Sidney Nolan, born in Australia, painter/illustrator, Ned Kelly |
| 1916 | Earl of Oxford and Asquith, governor, Seychelles |
| 1916 | Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York City, New York, Lord Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, violinist, conductor, writer, studied under George Enescu, Louis Persinger, Adolf Busch |
| 1916 | Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York City, violinist and conductor, Bartok's Sonata |
| 1915 | Dick Dudley, TV host, Village Barn |
| 1915 | Lord Airedale, British Lord, social democrat |
| 1914 | Charles Hubert Sisson, author and poet, Christopher Homm |
| 1914 | Hans Baumann, writer |
| 1914 | Jan de Hartog, Dutch/English writer, Holland's Glory |
| 1912 | Gavalda Miguel Querol, composer |
| 1912 | Kathleen Mary Ferrier, born in England, contralto, Orfeo Ed Evridice |
| 1910 | Eric Scowen, physician |
| 1910 | R. J. Ritchie, tennis player |
| 1909 | Ralph Byrd, born in Dayton, Ohio, actor, Dick Tracy TV Show |
| 1908 | Eddie Albert, born in Rock Island, Illinois, actor, Oliver-Green Acres |
| 1906 | Eric William Fenby, composer/president, Delius Society |
| 1904 | J. Robert Oppenheimer, born in New York, head of Manhattan, A-bomb, Project |
| 1902 | Megan Lloyd George, English politician |
| 1899 | Martyn Green, born in London, actor, Gilbert and Sullivan, Iceman Cometh |
| 1899 | Vladimir Nabokov, born in St. Petersburg, novelist |
| 1892 | Nikolai Obouhov, composer |
| 1891 | Belle Bennett, born in Milcoon Rapids, Iowa, actress, Stella Dallas, Iron Mask |
| 1891 | Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Sontsovka Ukraine, composer |
| 1889 | Ludwig Renn, born in Dresden, Germany, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany |
| 1887 | James Norman Hall, American Author |
| 1884 | Armas Emmanuel Launis, composer |
| 1884 | John van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands |
| 1884 | Otto Rank, Rosenfeld, Austria psychoanalysis, Kunstler |
| 1881 | Alexander Kerensky, Simbirsk, Russian PM, 1917 |
| 1878 | Kitty Gordon, Folkestone England, entertainer |
| 1876 | O E Rolvaag, Norwegian-American novelist, Giants in the Earth |
| 1876 | Robert Barany, Sweden, otologist, vestibular expert, Nobel 1914 |
| 1873 | Ellen Anderson Glasgow, U.S., novelist, Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942 |
| 1870 | Nikolai Lenin, Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, Bolshevik/U.S.S.R. revolutionist |
| 1870 | Vladimir Lenin, Russian Leader |
| 1868 | Jose Vianna da Motta, composer |
| 1866 | Hans von Seeckt, German general, Future of the Reich |
| 1864 | Phil May, Wortley Yorkshire, cartoonist |
| 1863 | Cornelis A J van Dishoeck, Dutch publisher |
| 1858 | Ethel Mary Smyth, composer |
| 1856 | Louise Hens, Flemish actress, Two Orphans |
| 1854 | Henri-Marie Lafontaine, born in Belgium, international lawyer, Nobel 1913 |
| 1854 | Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Lawyer |
| 1853 | Alphonse Bertillon, born in France, anthropologist, devised crime ID system |
| 1839 | August W. Eichler, German botanist |
| 1832 | Julius Sterling Morton, born in Adams, New York, Governor of Nebraska 1893 - 1897, started Arbor Day |
| 1831 | Alexander McDowell McCook, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1828 | Guilherme Antonio Cossoul, composer |
| 1827 | William Hopkins Morris, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1823 | Alfred Gibbs, Major General Union Army |
| 1818 | Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1816 | Philip James Bailey, English poet, Festus |
| 1799 | Jean Poiseuille, physician/physiologist, blood pressure |
| 1781 | Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer |
| 1775 | Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist, Hermenianen |
| 1773 | Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader |
| 1772 | George Cockburn, British Soldier |
| 1766 | Madame de Stael, Swiss-French belle-lettrist, An Extraordinary Woman |
| 1766 | Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, Swiss Author |
| 1724 | Immanuel Kant, born in Konigsberg, Germany, philosopher, Critique of Pure Reason |
| 1707 | Henry Fielding, born in England, novelist, Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones |
| 1690 | John Carteret, Earl Granville, C, English chief minister, 1722-42 |
| 1682 | Willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter |
| 1658 | Giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer, Concert Grossi op 8 |
| 1640 | Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun |
| 1610 | Alexander VIII, Pietro Ottoboni, Italy, lawyer/Pope, 1689 - 1691 |
| 1515 | Antoine of Bourbon, duke of Vendome/king of Navarra |
| 1451 | Isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain, 1479-1504, patron of Columbus |
| 1357 | Johan I, King of Portugal, 1383-1433 |
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