| 1979 | Charles Butler, born in Salt Lake City Utah, dance skater |
| 1979 | Rebecca Stoyel, born in South Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics |
| 1979 | Heath Ledger, born in Perth, Western Australia, Australian television and film actor |
| 1979 | Natasha Lyonne, American Actress |
| 1978 | Irene Skliva, born in Athens, Greece, Miss World 1996 |
| 1976 | Alicia Silverstone, actress, Clueless |
| 1975 | Kisha Ford, WNBA guard and forward, New York Liberty |
| 1974 | O. J. Santiago, tight end for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1973 | Damon Allen, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, figure skater, 1997 Midwestern champ |
| 1973 | Peter Hoekstra, Dutch soccer player, PSV, Ajax |
| 1973 | Ryan Coughlin, CFL offensive linebacker, Montreal Alouettes |
| 1973 | Tiffany Woosley, WNBA guard for the Houston Comets |
| 1973 | David Blaine, born in Brooklyn, New York, illusionist, endurance artist, considered a modern-day Houdini, first television special titled, 'David Blaine; Street Magic' |
| 1972 | Chad Eaton, defensive tackle for the New England Patriots |
| 1972 | Jim Werland, born in Ventura, California, canoe, alternate 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Matt Wagner, born in Cedar falls, Iowa, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners |
| 1971 | Allan Houston, NBA guard for the New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons |
| 1971 | Felipe Lira, born in Miranda, Venezeula, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers |
| 1971 | Jaime Fernandez, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Yanic Perreault, born in Sherbrooke, NHL center for the Los Angeles Kings |
| 1970 | Barry van Galen, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC |
| 1970 | Jason Stoltenberg, born in Australia, tennis star |
| 1970 | Barry Pepper, Canadian Actor |
| 1969 | Anthony Tucker, NBA forward for the New York Knicks |
| 1969 | Carlos Reyes, born in Miami, Florida, pitcher for the Oakland A's |
| 1969 | Dennis de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player, Sparta |
| 1969 | Gerard de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player, Sparta |
| 1968 | Andre Bowden, WLAF LB for the Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1967 | Juliana "Juli" Furtado, born in New York City, cyclist, 1996 Olympics 10th |
| 1966 | Michal Clingman, born in Indio, California, WPVA volleyballer, Nationals-9th-1994 |
| 1966 | Myriam Schropp, West Germany, tennis star |
| 1966 | Nancy McKeon, born in Westbury, New York, actress, Jo Polniazek-Facts of Life |
| 1966 | Stanislav Medrik, born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia |
| 1965 | Black Francis, Charles Thompson, U.S. singer and songwriter, Pixies |
| 1965 | Robert Downey, Jr., born in New York City, comedian, SNL, Less than Zero, Back to School |
| 1965 | Tony Burse, CFL fullback for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1964 | Gregory Thomas Kraft, born in Detroit, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1993 Walt Disney-2nd |
| 1964 | Paul Parker, born in West Ham, London, athlete, soccer player, commentator, critical player at 1990 World Cup with England, manager, Blue Square Premier League |
| 1964 | Robbie Rist, born in California, actor, Oliver-Brady Bunch |
| 1964 | David Cross, American Actor |
| 1963 | Anthony Clark, comedian, Boyd Pritchett-Boston Common |
| 1963 | David Gavurin, English pop guitarist/composer, Sundays, Blind |
| 1963 | Jack Del Rio, NFL linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1963 | Graham Norton, Irish Celebrity |
| 1962 | Ava Fabian, born in Brewster, New York, playmate, Aug, 1986, actress, Cafe Nostra |
| 1962 | Sherrin Smyers, born in Newcastle, Australia, LPGA golfer, 1995 Youngstown-11th |
| 1962 | Tina Tombs, born in Montreal, Quebec, LPGA golfer, 1990 Jamie Farr Toledo |
| 1961 | Matt Cole, born in Stratford, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, 1990 Space Coast |
| 1960 | Bev Smith, born in Armstrong BC, basketball forward 1996 Olympics |
| 1960 | Jon Agnew, cricketer, England pace bowler late 80's |
| 1960 | Jonathan Agnew, British broadcaster and test bowler |
| 1960 | Hugo Weaving, Nigerian Actor |
| 1958 | Derek Kallicharran, cricket all-rounder, Guyana, USA 1994 ICC Trophy |
| 1958 | John Wesley Jones, born in Lawton, Oklahoma, 4X100m relayer, 1976 Olympics gold |
| 1957 | Graeme Kelling, British pop guitarist, Deacon Blue-Real Gone Kid |
| 1957 | Paul Downton, cricketer, England wicket-keeper in 80's |
| 1956 | Evelyn Hart, prima ballerina, Royal Winnipeg Ballet |
| 1956 | David E. Kelley, American Producer |
| 1954 | Julie Carmen, born in Mount Vernon, New York, actress, Gloria, Last Plane Out |
| 1952 | Dave Hill, born in England, rock guitarist, Slade-Coz I Love You |
| 1952 | Gary Moore, Irish rock guitarist, Skid Row-Oh Pretty Woman |
| 1952 | Peter Haycock, rock guitarist, All Along the Watchtower |
| 1952 | Rosemarie Ackermann, born in East Germany, high jumper 1976 Olympics gold |
| 1951 | Steve Gatlin, born in Olney, Texas, country singer, Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady |
| 1951 | Mick Mars, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, rocker, heavy metal guitarist, played for glam metal band Motley Crue |
| 1951 | John Hannah, American Athlete |
| 1950 | Christine Lahti, born in Detroit, actress, Harvey Korman Show, Swing Shift |
| 1949 | Greg Knight, British Politician |
| 1948 | Berry Oakley, born in Chicago, Illinois, rocker, Allman Brothers-Ramblin' Man |
| 1948 | Pick Withers, rocker, Dire Straits |
| 1948 | Dan Simmons, American Author |
| 1947 | Salvatore Sciarrino, composer |
| 1946 | Craig T. Nelson, born in Spokane, Washington actor, Poltergeist, Hayden Fox-Coach |
| 1945 | Bryan Andrews, cricketer, New Zealand medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74 |
| 1945 | Caroline McWilliams, born in Seattle, Washington actress, Sally-Soap, Marcy-Benson |
| 1945 | Walter Charles, born in East Strousberg, Pennsylvania, actor, Fletch Lives, Weeds |
| 1944 | David Melville, professor and director, Middlesex Polytechnic |
| 1944 | Lawrence A. Hough, U.S., rower, Pairs w/o cox-1968 olympic silver |
| 1943 | Ian Robertson, British museum director, National Army Museum |
| 1942 | Kitty Kelley, author, Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra |
| 1942 | Kris Jensen, born in New Haven, Connecticut, musician, singer, guitarist, recorded with Kapp Records, Leader Records, Hickory Records, recorded chart topping hit 'Torture' |
| 1941 | Major Lance, U.S. boxer, dancer and singer, Hey Little Girl |
| 1940 | Bijan, born in Iran, mens apparel designer, Beverly Hills, New York City, London |
| 1940 | Robby Mueller, cinematographer, Breaking the Waves, Dead Man, Korczak |
| 1940 | Vladimir Timofeyevich Isakov, Russia, cosmonaut |
| 1939 | Hugh Masekela, born in Wilbank, South Africa, trumpeter, I Am Not Afraid |
| 1939 | JoAnne Carner, born in Kirkland, Washington, LPGA golfer, 1976 U.S. Women's Open |
| 1938 | A Bartlett Giamatti, born in Boston, President of Yale and baseball commissioner, 1989 |
| 1938 | Michael Parks, born in Corona, California, actor, Then Came Bronson |
| 1938 | Peter Attenborough, British headmaster, Charterhouse |
| 1938 | A. Bartlett Giamatti, American Educator |
| 1937 | Ian St. James, novelist, Balfour Conspiracy, Vengeance, Money Stones |
| 1937 | J Hans van den Doel, economist and Dutch MP, PvdA |
| 1936 | Margo J. Sylvia, rocker, Tune Weavers |
| 1935 | Easton Dudley Ashton St. John McMorris, cricketer, WI batsman of 60's |
| 1935 | Francois-Bernard Mache, composer |
| 1935 | Lord Ichayra, Secretary-General, British Banking Association |
| 1935 | Trevor Griffiths, playwright, Absolute Beginners |
| 1934 | Dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster |
| 1933 | Fritz Bolkestein, Dutch CEO, Shell, and Minister of Defense, VVD |
| 1933 | Robin Phillips, English multi-millionaire manufacturer, hand-dryer |
| 1933 | Seoirse Bodley, born in Ireland, contemporary composer |
| 1932 | Andrei Tarkovski, Russian director, Solaris, Stalker |
| 1932 | Anthony Perkins, born in New York City, actor, Psycho, Fear Strikes Out, Pretty Poison |
| 1932 | Bapu Nadkarni, cricketer, economical Indian slow left-armer 1956 - 1968 |
| 1932 | Richard G. Lugar, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Senator-R-Indiana 1977 - |
| 1932 | Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian Director |
| 1932 | Clive Davis, American Businessman |
| 1931 | Denis Frank Owen, Natural historian |
| 1931 | Harold Volkmer, born in Jefferson City, Missouri, Representative-D-Missouri 1977 - 1997 |
| 1930 | David Sexton, soccer manager |
| 1929 | William F. Clinger, Jr., born in Warren, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1979 - 1997 |
| 1928 | Bill Ryan, born in Brooklyn, New York, newscaster, Smithsonian |
| 1928 | Jimmy Logan, British comedian, Mad Death |
| 1928 | Maya Angelou, born in St. Louis, poet and actress, Nyo-Roots |
| 1928 | Monty Norman, composer and writer |
| 1927 | Bob Stump, born in Phoenix, Arizona, Representative-R-Arizona 1977 - 2003 |
| 1926 | Cloris Leachman, born in Des Moines, Iowa, actress, Phyllis, High Anxiety |
| 1925 | Elizabeth Wilson, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, actor, Doc, East Side/West Side |
| 1925 | Erna Spoorenberg, Dutch singer |
| 1924 | Christopher Prater, screen printer |
| 1924 | Eva Marie Saint, born in Newark, New Jersey, actress, Sandpiper, Loving, Exodus |
| 1924 | Gil Hodges, baseball player/manager, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Mets |
| 1924 | Peter Vaughan, actor, Haunted Honeymoon, Die Die My Darling |
| 1923 | Manon H E Alving, Dutch actress, Short American |
| 1923 | Nancy Francy, director, Claire's Knee |
| 1922 | Elmer Bernstein, born in New York City, movie music composer, Robot Monster |
| 1921 | Willem J "Wim" the Villiers, South Africa minister of Administration |
| 1920 | Eric Rohmer, born in Nancy, France, actor, 6 in Paris, Collector, Perceval |
| 1919 | Antony Tudor, born in England, choreographer, Metropolitan Opera 1957 |
| 1918 | Earl Jellicoe, chancellor, University of Southhampton |
| 1918 | Margaret Dupont, tennis champion |
| 1917 | Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist, barricade uprising |
| 1916 | David White, actor, Larry Tate-Bewitched |
| 1916 | Herbert Eugene Caen, columnist |
| 1915 | Jan Drda, Czechoslovakian writer, Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani |
| 1915 | Lars G Ahlin, Swedish writer, Death of Me |
| 1915 | Muddy Waters, guitarist, Hoochie Coochie Man |
| 1914 | Gustave Camus, Belgian painter |
| 1914 | John Beith, British diplomat |
| 1914 | Marguerite Duras, born in France, novelist and playwright, Sea Wall |
| 1913 | Frances Langford, born in Lakeland, Florida, singer, Armed Forces Hour, Star Time |
| 1913 | Jerome Weidman, U.S. writer, Tenderloin |
| 1913 | Rosemary Lane, born in Indianola, Iowa, actress, 4 Mothers, Harvest Melody |
| 1910 | Agnes Patrick, campaigner |
| 1910 | [Marcelle] Georgette Hagedoorn, actress and chansonniere |
| 1908 | Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, author, Cheaper by the Dozen |
| 1907 | Nathan M. Pusey, born in Iowa, educator, National Association for Social Sciences-1963 |
| 1906 | Bea Benaderet, born in New York City, actress, Kate-Petticoat Junction |
| 1906 | John Cameron Swayze, born in Wichita, Kansas, newscaster, Timex, Hindenberg |
| 1905 | Eugene Bozza, composer |
| 1902 | Louise L de Vilmorin, French poet and author, Lutin Sauvage |
| 1901 | Carmel Myers, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Carmel Myers Show |
| 1899 | William Brann, cricketer, South African batsman vs. England 1922-23 |
| 1897 | Pierre Fresnay, born in Paris, France, actor, Grand Illusion |
| 1896 | Robert Sherwood, dramatist, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight |
| 1896 | Tristan Tzara, Samuel Rosenfeld, French poet, Approximate Man |
| 1896 | Robert E. Sherwood, American Playwright |
| 1895 | Arthur Murray, born in New York City, dancer, Arthur Murray Dance Party |
| 1895 | Charlie Hallows, cricket batsman, Lancs played for England 1921 - 1928 |
| 1892 | Cyril Smith, born in Peterhead, Scotland, actor, Adv of Sir Lancelot |
| 1892 | Esther Howard, born in Helena, Montana |
| 1888 | Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose |
| 1884 | Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral and supreme commander of Japanese fleet |
| 1882 | Mary Howe, born in Richmond, Virginia, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock' |
| 1881 | Charles Funk, born in Ohio, Encylopediest, Funk and Wagnalls |
| 1879 | Gabriel Groulez, composer |
| 1876 | Maurice de Vlaminck, born in Paris, Fauvist painter, Village in the Snow |
| 1875 | Jozef Szulc, composer |
| 1875 | Pierre Monteux, born in Paris, France, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1919 - 1924 |
| 1875 | Samuel S. Hinds, born in Brooklyn, New York |
| 1872 | Nikolai Amani, composer |
| 1872 | Pauline de Haan-Manifarges, Dutch singer |
| 1870 | George A. Smith, born in Salt Lake City Utah, 8th President of Mormon church |
| 1866 | George P. Baker, U.S. playwright, 47 Workshop |
| 1858 | Remy de Gourmont, French critic and writer, Physique de L'amour |
| 1843 | Hans Richter, composer |
| 1836 | Jerome Hopkins, composer |
| 1836 | Lawrence Barrett, American Actor |
| 1832 | Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright and scientist, Teatro Escogido |
| 1831 | Edward Cary Walthall, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1828 | Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist and biographer, Beleaguered City |
| 1826 | Zenobe Theophile Gramme, inventor, electric motor |
| 1823 | Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor, laid undersea cables |
| 1823 | Robert Byington Mitchell, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1821 | Linus Yale, U.S., portrait painter and inventor, Yale cylinder lock |
| 1820 | Charles Devens, Jr., Major General, Union volunteers |
| 1817 | John Wilson Sprague, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1814 | John Blair Smith Todd, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1809 | Benjamin Pierce, U.S. mathematician and astronomer |
| 1804 | Joseph Fischhof, composer |
| 1802 | Dorothea Dix, U.S., aroused interest in treatment of mental inmates |
| 1792 | Thaddeus Stevens, U.S. Radical Republican congressional leader, Rep-R |
| 1786 | John Franklin, British explorer, Arctic |
| 1785 | Bettina Brentano, composer |
| 1785 | Bettina von Arnim, German writer, This Book Belongs to the King |
| 1762 | Stephen Storace, composer |
| 1758 | John Hoppner, portrait painter |
| 1758 | Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, born in France, painter, studied in Italy and painted for wealthy Parisians in Paris, influenced by Romanticism and Neoclassicism |
| 1755 | Vincenc Masek, composer |
| 1752 | Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer, Andromeda |
| 1740 | Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer |
| 1731 | Francisco Morera, composer |
| 1716 | John Evangelist Schreiber, composer |
| 1696 | Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo, painter |
| 1648 | Grinling Gibbons, sculptor and woodcarver |
| 1646 | Antoine Galland, French orientalist and interpreter |
| 1527 | Abraham Ortelius, Ortels/Hortels, born in South Netherlands, geographer |
| 188 | Caracalla, Marcus Aureiius Antoniius, Roman emperor, 211-17 |
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