| 1978 | Kristiina Heinmets, Miss Estonia Universe 1997 |
| 1977 | Michael Klim, Poland, Australian swimmer 1996 Olympics |
| 1975 | Jason Gleasman, born in Wilmington, Delaware, 220 lbs greco-roman wrestler, 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Armon Williams, safety/linebacker for the Tennessee Oilers |
| 1973 | Sherman Williams, NFL running back for the Dallas Cowboys |
| 1972 | Lisa Kiggens, born in Salinas, California, LPGA golfer, 1994 Rochester International |
| 1971 | Camille Thompson, Salmon Arm BC, basketball center 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Chad Cota, NFL safety for the Carolina Panthers |
| 1971 | Marcus Ragnarsson, Ostervala SWE, NHL defenseman, SJ Sharks, Sweden |
| 1971 | Ron Dickerson, WLAF running back, Scottish Claymores, London Monarchs |
| 1970 | Elvis Grbac, NFL quarterback, San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1970 | Tim Watson, NFL/WLAF safety, Raiders, Barcelona Dragons |
| 1970 | Alan Shearer, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, professional soccer player, striker, record goal scorer for Newcastle and Premier League, philanthropist |
| 1969 | Alex Fernandez, born in Miami Beach, Florida, pitcher, Chicago White Sox |
| 1969 | Midori Ito, born in Tokyo, Japan, ice skater, Silver Medal 1992 Olympics |
| 1968 | Joe Garten, WLAF corner/guard, Barcelona Dragons |
| 1968 | William Thomas, NFL linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1967 | Quinn Cummings, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Annie-Family, Goodbye Girl |
| 1967 | Taro Tan, born in Montreal, Quebec, 65 kg judoka 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Tracy Rogers, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1966 | Glenn Donald Hamilton, New Zealand, beach volleyball player 1996 Olympics |
| 1966 | Shayne Corson, NHL forward, Team Canada, 1998 Olympics, Montreal |
| 1965 | Cris Dishman, NFL cornerback, Houston Oilers, Washington Redskins |
| 1965 | Leo Groenewegen, CFL guard for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1965 | Mark Lemke, born in Utica, New York, infielder, Atlanta Braves |
| 1964 | Ian Haughland, heavy metal rocker, Europe-The Final Countdown |
| 1964 | Jay Buhner, Nassau, Texas, outfielder, Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees |
| 1964 | Tom Prince, born in Kankakee, Illinois, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 1963 | Elizabeth Bourland, born in Costa Rica, U.S. 3x20 rifle, Olympics-7th-1996 |
| 1963 | Pamela Jean Stein, born in Syracuse, New York, playmate, Nov, 1987 |
| 1963 | Tigg Ketler, born in Chula Vista, California, drummer, Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals |
| 1962 | Adam Kase, born in Socorro, New Mexico, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 Alberta Open-3rd |
| 1961 | Bettine Vriesekoop, Dutch table tennis star |
| 1961 | Dawnn Lewis, actress, Jaleesa-Different World |
| 1961 | Neil Mallender, cricketer, England pace bowler in two Tests 1992 |
| 1959 | Bruce French, cricketer, England wicketkeeper in 16 Tests 1986-88 |
| 1959 | Danny Bonaduce, actor, Danny-Partridge Family, Chicago DJ, WLUP |
| 1959 | Mark Nevin, rocker, Fairground Attraction-Find My Love |
| 1958 | David W. Feherty, Bangor N Ireland, PGA golfer, 1994 New England-2nd |
| 1958 | Feargal Sharkey, rocker, Undertones-Never Never, Good Heart |
| 1958 | Scott Hamilton, born in Toledo, Ohio, figure skater, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics |
| 1955 | Betsy King, Reading, Pennsylvania, LPGA golfer, 1990 U.S. Women's Open |
| 1954 | Lincoln Diaz-Balart, born in Havana, Cuba, Representative-R-Florida 1993 - |
| 1952 | Marie Helvin, model/actress, Children |
| 1951 | Dan Fogelberg, born in Illinois, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, played piano, bass, guitar, mandolin |
| 1951 | Gwen Cheeseman, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, field hockey goalie, Bronze Medal 1984 Olympics |
| 1951 | Jeff Altman, comedian/actor, Nurses, Pink Lady, Soul Man |
| 1950 | Andre van de Berg, actor and director, Transport |
| 1949 | Bobby Clarke, Manitoba, NHL player and coach, Philadelphia Flyer |
| 1949 | Pete Visclosky, born in Gary, Indiana, Representative-D-Indiana 1985 - |
| 1949 | Sheralee, born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, vocalist, Your Hit Parade |
| 1948 | Kathleen Battle, born in Portsmouth, Ohio, soprano, Shephard-Tannhauser |
| 1948 | Mosiuoa Patrick "Terror" Lekota, South African UDF/ANC-leader |
| 1948 | Tony Santini, rocker, Sha Na Na |
| 1947 | Gretchen Corbett, actress, Beth-Rockford Files |
| 1945 | Robin Jackman, cricketer, England medium-pacer early eighties |
| 1944 | Kevin Tighe, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Newsie, Another 48 Hours, K-9 |
| 1943 | Gary Ilman, U.S., 100m freestyle, Olympic-4th-1964 |
| 1943 | Susan Jameson, actress, Secret World of Polly Flint |
| 1943 | Yuri Fedorovich Isaulov, Russia, cosmonaut |
| 1942 | Robert Lee Stewart, Washington D.C., Brigadier General U.S. Army/astronaut, STS-41B, 51J |
| 1942 | Sheila Armstrong, soprano |
| 1941 | Jim Barnes, Tuckerton, Arkansas, basketball player 1964 Olympic gold |
| 1940 | Ann Armstrong Dailey, founder, Children's Hospice International |
| 1940 | Timothy Wood, British government asst whip |
| 1939 | Saul Steinberg, artist, The Art of Living |
| 1938 | Lee R. Raymond, American Businessman |
| 1935 | Rod Hull, born in Isle of Sheppey, England, Rodney Stephen Hull, entertainer, comedian, appeared on British television with puppet Emu in 1970's and 1980's |
| 1934 | Gary Davidson, U.S. sports league founder, ABA, WHA, WFL |
| 1934 | Leifur Thorarinsson, composer |
| 1933 | Jocelyn Elders, U.S. Surgeon General, -1994 |
| 1933 | Madhur Jaffrey, cookbook writer/actress, Shakespeare Wallah |
| 1931 | Bernard Manning, British comedian |
| 1931 | Norman Read, New Zealand, 50K walker 1956 Olympics gold |
| 1931 | Roy Evans, general sect, British Iron and Steel Trade Confederation |
| 1930 | Don Ho, Hawaii, ukulele player, Tiny Bubbles |
| 1929 | Augustyn Bloch, composer |
| 1929 | Charles Lyon, General-Secretary, Transport Salaried Staffs Association |
| 1929 | Michael Beavis, deputy commander-in-chief, Allied Forces Central Europe |
| 1929 | Pat Harrington, Jr., New York City, actor, Danny Thomas Show, 1 Day at a Time |
| 1926 | Fidel Castro, born in Mayari, Oriente, Cuba, dictator |
| 1925 | Benny Bailey, jazz trumpeter |
| 1924 | John Milne, CEO, Blue Circles Industries |
| 1921 | Neville Brand, Kewanee, Illinois, actor, DOA, Eaten Alive, Fire, Mohawk |
| 1920 | Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist |
| 1920 | George Shearing, London, blind pianist/composer, Lullabye of Byrdland |
| 1919 | Rex Humbard, televanglist |
| 1918 | Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal |
| 1918 | Frederick Sanger, England, biochemist, Nobel 1958, 1980 |
| 1918 | John Bunting, senior civil servant |
| 1914 | Richard Basehart, actor, Voyage to Bottom of the Sea |
| 1913 | Anatoly Vasilyevich Bogatiryov, composer |
| 1913 | Francisco Escudero, composer |
| 1913 | Liesbeth Askonas, concert agent |
| 1913 | Lord Oram, British MP, Labour |
| 1913 | Makarios III, Michail Moeskos, archbishop/president Cyprus |
| 1912 | Ben Hogan, born in Dublin, Texas, PGA golfer, U.S. Open 1950, 51, 53 |
| 1912 | Jan Peeters, Dutch water colors painter/monumental artist |
| 1912 | Max Croiset, playwright/director/actor, Dog of Flanders, Little Ark |
| 1912 | Metten Koornstra, Dutch painter/graphic artist |
| 1912 | Rita Johnson, Worcester Massachusetts, actress, Honolulu, All Mine to Give |
| 1912 | Salvador E Luria, Italian/U.S. biologist, Nobel prize 1969 |
| 1909 | John Beal, Joplin, Missouri, actor, 10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D |
| 1909 | Wilhelmina Von Bremen, U.S. 4X100 relay sprinter 1932 Olympics gold |
| 1908 | Gene Raymond, New York City, actor, Paris 7000, Fireside Theater |
| 1907 | Alfred Alwin Felix Krupp, Essen Germany, arms manufacturer |
| 1907 | Basil Spence, Scottish Architect |
| 1906 | Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author, Ballade pa Nytorv |
| 1904 | Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Olathe, Kansas, actor, Wings |
| 1903 | Wilton Graff, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn |
| 1902 | Bartoes, Albertus J Wijstma, cabaret performer/comic |
| 1902 | Felix Wankel, Germany, inventor, Wankel rotary-piston engine |
| 1902 | Lord Sainsbury of Drury Lane, president, J Sansbury Pics |
| 1902 | Regis Toomey, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Burke's Law, Petticoat Junction |
| 1899 | Alfred Hitchcock, born in London, director, Psycho, Birds, Rear Window |
| 1898 | Jean Borota, France, tennis champ, 35 Wimbeldons between 1922-64 |
| 1896 | Leo Pappenheim, conductor |
| 1895 | Bert Lahr, Irving Lahrheim, U.S. comic/actor, Lion-Wizard of Oz |
| 1895 | Robert Burton, actor, Dr. Gordon-Kings Row |
| 1894 | Ferdinand Sassen, Dutch philosopher/director |
| 1894 | Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin, composer |
| 1890 | [Lavinia] Marian Fleming Poe, black U.S. advocate in Virginia |
| 1888 | John Logie Baird, Scotland, inventor, father of TV |
| 1886 | Jacob Pierneef, South Africa, painter |
| 1884 | Jo van Ammers-Kuller, playwright, Rebellions |
| 1881 | Jacqueline [Pierrette] R van Stuwe, Eline vs. S, Dutch author |
| 1879 | John N Ireland, English composer/pianist, Mai-Dun |
| 1878 | Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, composer |
| 1878 | Salomon "Sam" de Wolff, Dutch zionist/socialist theorist |
| 1871 | Karl Liebknecht, German revolutionary marxist, Sparta Party |
| 1867 | Rudolf Georg Binding, German songwriter/writer, Legenden Der Zeit |
| 1867 | William A. Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, Skotlands Rimur |
| 1860 | Annie Oakley, born in Drake, Ohio, frontierswoman, Buffalo Bill's Wild West |
| 1851 | John Lincoln Clem, Drummer Union volunteers |
| 1851 | Felix Adler, German Educator |
| 1841 | Unaarrimin, cricketer, played cricket as Johnny Mullagh |
| 1840 | Giovanni Verga, Italian writer, Eros |
| 1831 | Salomon Jaoassohn, composer |
| 1826 | William Thomas Best, composer |
| 1820 | George Grove, born in London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer |
| 1820 | Joseph Alberdingk Thijm, Pauwels Foreestier, poet, Dietsche Warande |
| 1819 | George Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician, spectroscope |
| 1818 | Lucy Blackwell-Stone, U.S. abolitionist, U.S. Woman's Suffrage Association |
| 1818 | Lucy Stone, American Activist |
| 1817 | Karoly Thern, composer |
| 1814 | Anders Jonas engstrom, Sweden, physicist, spectroscope |
| 1802 | Nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet, Faust, Die Albigenser |
| 1748 | Pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot |
| 1747 | Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer |
| 1721 | Francis Ireland, composer |
| 1717 | Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer |
| 1704 | Lorenzo Fago, composer |
| 1692 | Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer |
| 1655 | Johann Christoph Denner, inventor, clarinet |
| 1617 | Johann A. Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist |
| 1422 | William Caxton, 1st English printer, Histories of Troy |
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