| 1993 | Cassidy Gifford, daughter of Frank and Kathy Lee |
| 1991 | Gabriel Anthony Cohen, son of Meredith Viera and Richard Cohen |
| 1977 | Edward Furlong, born in Pasedina, California, actor, John Connor-Terminator 2 |
| 1976 | Michael Weiss, Washington D.C., figure skater, 1997 World Champ-7th |
| 1974 | Nabil Bouchlal, soccer player, Willem II |
| 1974 | Paul Grasmanis, defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears |
| 1973 | Fiona Mullally, Miss Ireland Universe 1997 |
| 1973 | George Zidek, NBA center, Denver Nuggets, Charlotte Hornets |
| 1973 | Kari Anne Safford, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Miss America-WV 1997 |
| 1973 | Karina Habsudova, born in Bojnice, Slovakia, tennis star |
| 1973 | Kia Goodwin, Livingston, New Jersey, actress, Tiffany Holloway-227 |
| 1973 | Nancy Drolet, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics |
| 1973 | Susie O'Neill, born in Mackay, Australia, butterfly swimmer, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Lee McClinton, NFL running back for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1972 | Nathan Thomas, Australian water polo player 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Dick Schreuder, Dutch soccer player, PSV/FC Groningen/RKC |
| 1971 | Fernando Smith, NFL defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1970 | Chainey Umphrey, Albuquerque, New Mexico, gymnast, Olympics-5th-96 |
| 1970 | Elijah Alexander, NFL linebacker, Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos |
| 1970 | Jonathan Andrew Kaye, born in Denver, Colorado, PGA golfer, 1995 Quad City-2nd |
| 1970 | Kevin Smith, director, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Clerks |
| 1970 | Philo Wallace, cricketer, WI ODI opening batsman 1991-92 |
| 1970 | Tony Amonte, Hingham, Massachusetts, NHL right wing, Chicago Blackhawks, USA |
| 1970 | Wes Bender, WLAF/NFL running back, Frankfurt Galaxy, NO Saints |
| 1969 | Cedric Ceballos, NBA forward, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns |
| 1969 | Erik Meijer, Dutch soccer player, PSV, Uerdingen |
| 1968 | Sean Groom, Northford Conn, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Aaron Krickstein, Ann Arbor, Michigan, tennis player, Tel Aviv 1983 |
| 1967 | Derek Wells, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Fitzpatricks |
| 1967 | Martin Laamers, soccer player, Vitesse |
| 1966 | Takayuki Iizuka, born in Muroran, Hokkaido, Japanese professional wrestler, trained by New Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo |
| 1966 | Joseph Wanag, Wilson, Connecticut, U.S. judoka 1992 Olympics |
| 1966 | Tim Wakefield, Melbourne, Florida, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox |
| 1964 | John Cullen, Puslinch, NHL center, Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 1964 | Mary-Louise Parker, Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, actress, Fried Green Tomatoes |
| 1963 | Caroline Pierce, Cheshire Eng, golfer, 1995 JAL Big Apple Classic-2nd |
| 1963 | Cynthia Stevenson, born in Oakland California, actress, Player, Bob, Hope and Gloria |
| 1963 | Jeff Bloom, born in Seattle, Washington Canadian Tour golfer, 1988 Montana Open |
| 1961 | Ed West, NFL tight end, Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons |
| 1961 | Pete de Freitas, Trinidad, rock drummer, Echo and the Bunnyman |
| 1960 | Apollonia, Patricia Kotero, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Purple Rain |
| 1960 | Linda Fratianne, U.S., figure skater 1980 Olympics silver |
| 1959 | Britt Helfer, Clearfield Utah, actress, Lily-Loving, Alley Cat |
| 1958 | Arshad Ayub, cricketer, Indian off-spinner of the late 1980's |
| 1957 | Stephen Kelly Petterson, Auckland New Zealand, Smallbore rifle 1996 Olympics |
| 1957 | Mojo Nixon, American Musician |
| 1956 | Bill Murchison, Jr., Lake Charles, Louisiana, Nike golfer, 1994 Boise Open-2nd |
| 1956 | Isabel Pantoja, Spain, spanish singer, Genio y Figura |
| 1955 | Jimmy Lowe, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Pirates of Ms-Fred Jake |
| 1955 | Roberta Wallach, New York City, actress, Civil Wars |
| 1955 | Caleb Carr, born in Manhattan, New York City, author, military historian, wrote, 'The Italian Secretary', 'Casing the Promised Land', 'The Alienist' |
| 1954 | Lisa Brown, KC, Missouri, actress, Guiding Light, Iva-As the World Turns |
| 1954 | Sammy McIlroy, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, soccer player, athlete, played for Manchester United, manages Morecambe Football Club, in Football League Two, the fourth division of English football |
| 1954 | Ken MacLeod, Scottish Writer |
| 1953 | Butch Patrick, actor, Eddie Munster-Munster |
| 1952 | Angel Herrera, born in Cuba, FW/LW boxer, Gold Medals 1976, 1980 Olympics |
| 1952 | Paul David Crews, South Carolina, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List |
| 1951 | Andrew Gold, Burbank, rocker, Lonely Boy |
| 1950 | Kathryn Harrold, Tazewell, Virginia, actress, MacGruder and Loud |
| 1950 | Lance Ito, judge, O. J. Simpson trial |
| 1950 | Mathieu Carriere, Hanover W Germany, actor, Bay Boy, Woman in Flames |
| 1949 | "Fat" Larry James, U.S. drummer, Fat Larry's Band |
| 1949 | Bertalan Farkas, Bulgaria, cosmonaut, Soyuz 36/35 |
| 1949 | Madeleine Smith, Sussex England, actress, Vampire Lovers |
| 1949 | James Fallows, American Journalist |
| 1948 | Robert P Holdstock, UK, sci-fi author, Ghost Dance, Labyrinth |
| 1948 | Dennis Prager, American Journalist |
| 1947 | Rose Tremain, novelist/playwright |
| 1945 | Jewell Jackson McCabe, President, national coaltion of 100 black women |
| 1945 | John Bowis, born in Brighton, England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Battersea, member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly |
| 1944 | Joanna Cassidy, Caskey, Haddonfield, New Jersey, actress, 240 Robert |
| 1943 | Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven, Dutch MP, PvdA |
| 1943 | Kathy Lennon, singer, Lennon Sisters |
| 1943 | Max Wright, Detroit, actor, Buffalo Bill, Alf, Misfits of Science |
| 1943 | Rose Tremain, British novelist/playwright, Restoration |
| 1942 | Leo Beenhakker, Dutch soccer trainer |
| 1942 | Isabel Allende, born in Lima, Peru, writer, novelist, of Spanish and Portuguese descent, wrote 'The House of Spirits', 'City of the Beasts' |
| 1941 | Doris Coley, born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, lead singer of The Shirelles, married names are Doris Coley Kenner and Doris Kenner Jackson, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 1941 | Homer Banks, U.S. singer and songwriter, Be What You Are |
| 1941 | Phil Condit, American Businessman |
| 1940 | Doris Kenner, Passaic, New Jersey, singer, Shirelles-Soldier Boy |
| 1939 | Brian Wolfson, CEO, Wembley Pic |
| 1939 | Edward Pattern, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, Gladys Knight and the Pips |
| 1939 | Wes Craven, born in Cleveland, Ohio, director, Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream |
| 1939 | John W. Snow, American Economist |
| 1938 | Brunhilde Hendrix, born in West Germany, relay runner 1960 Olympics silver |
| 1938 | Yvonne Ruegg, born in Switzerland, giant slalom 1960 Olympics gold |
| 1937 | Alan Tuffin, trade union leader |
| 1937 | Garth Hudson, born in Windsor, Ontario, organist, keyboardist, musician, instrumentalist, member of The Band, Canadian-American rock group |
| 1937 | Ronald Brierley, company chairman |
| 1937 | William Cannon, football player, Heisman-1959 |
| 1936 | Anthony Edward Payne, composer |
| 1936 | Christopher Hogg, CEO, Courtaulds and Reuters |
| 1935 | Brian Wolfson, CEO, Wembley Pic |
| 1935 | Derek Anthony Enright, politician |
| 1935 | John MacIvor Perkins, composer |
| 1934 | Albert W. Hall, actor, Apocalypse Now |
| 1934 | Carl Cecil Cain, Freeport, Illinois, basketball player 1956 Olympics gold |
| 1934 | Valery Bykovsky, cosmonaut, Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, 31 |
| 1933 | Alan Tuffin, trade union leader |
| 1933 | John Gale, theatrical producer |
| 1933 | Lord Waddington, Governor of Bermuda |
| 1932 | Lamar Hunt, NFL owner for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1932 | Marvin David Levy, composer |
| 1932 | Peter O'Toole, born in Ireland, actor, Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia |
| 1931 | Eddie Fuller, cricketer, South African fast bowler in 7 Tests 1952-58 |
| 1931 | Henryck Schiller, composer |
| 1931 | Peter Swinnereton-Dyer, mathematician |
| 1931 | Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer |
| 1930 | Ron de Lugo, born in Englewood, New Jersey, Representative-D-Virgin Islands, 1973 - 1979, 1981 - 1995 |
| 1929 | Alan Wicker, British broadcaster |
| 1929 | John Hannam, born in the United Kingdom, Member of Parliament for Exeter, Conservative Party |
| 1929 | Lord Waddington, Governor of Bermuda |
| 1928 | Hugh Francis Lamprey, ecologist |
| 1927 | Brian Neill, British Lord Justice of Appeal |
| 1927 | Peter Swinnereton-Dyer, mathematician |
| 1926 | Betsy Bloomingdale, department store mogul |
| 1926 | Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary, TUC |
| 1925 | Alan Wicker, British broadcaster |
| 1924 | James A. Baldwin, American Author |
| 1923 | Brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal |
| 1922 | Carroll O'Connor, New York City, actor, All in the Family, Heat of the Night |
| 1922 | Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary, TUC |
| 1922 | Paul Laxalt, born in Reno, Nevada, Senator-R-Nevada 1974 - 1987 |
| 1920 | Louis Pauwels, writer/editor |
| 1920 | Phyllis James, mystery writer |
| 1920 | Theo Marcuse, Washington, actor, Mara of Wilderness |
| 1919 | John Pinkerton, compuer scientist |
| 1916 | Beatrice Straight, Old Westbury, New York, actress, Poltergeist, Nun's Story |
| 1916 | Reginald Murley, surgeon |
| 1915 | Johan Limpers, sculptor/resistance fighter |
| 1914 | Felix Leclerc, composer |
| 1914 | Gary Merrill, Hartford Conn, actor, Young Dr. Kildare, All About Eve |
| 1914 | Ismond Rosen, psychoanalyst/artist |
| 1913 | Lord Benson, accountant |
| 1912 | Ann Dvorak, McKim, New York City, actress, G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface |
| 1912 | Bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist |
| 1912 | George Kimble, geographer |
| 1910 | Gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress, Girl in Blue Hat |
| 1910 | Lawrence Josset, engraver |
| 1910 | Lou Zara, New York City, writer, Stump the Authors |
| 1909 | Lord Benson, accountant |
| 1908 | George Kimble, geographer |
| 1906 | Albert Goodwin, historian |
| 1905 | Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer |
| 1905 | Myrna Loy, Helena, Montana, actress, Jazz Singer, Thin Man, Vanity Fair |
| 1900 | Helen Morgan, Riggins, U.S., singer and actress, Applause |
| 1900 | Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor/composer |
| 1899 | Charles Bennett, screenwriter |
| 1899 | George Malcolm Thomson, journalist |
| 1895 | Matthew Henderson, cricketer, lefty pace bowler in New Zealand's 1st Test |
| 1892 | Jack Warner, U.S. movie studio head, Warner Bros |
| 1892 | John Kieran, New York City, columnist/author, Natural History of New York City |
| 1891 | Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer, Olympians |
| 1891 | Mihail Jora, composer |
| 1890 | Pauline Hall, composer |
| 1888 | Oscar Rasbach, composer |
| 1884 | Romulo Gallegos, Venezuela, novelist, Dona Barbara, President, 1947-48 |
| 1882 | Johannes Tralow, writer |
| 1882 | Nanny I Larsen-Todsen, Swedish opera singer |
| 1882 | Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor, Virgin Doll |
| 1881 | Ethel Mary Dell, English author, Storm Drift |
| 1881 | Stanislaw Kazuro, composer |
| 1878 | Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer, White Ship, Estonian Tales |
| 1878 | Princess Ingeborg, of Sweden |
| 1871 | John Sloan, American Artist |
| 1871 | John French Sloan, American Artist |
| 1868 | Constantine I, king of Greece |
| 1867 | Ernest C Dowson, British poet |
| 1867 | Ernest Dowson, English Poet |
| 1865 | Irving Babbitt, U.S. writer, Rousseau and Romanticism |
| 1858 | A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands |
| 1858 | Catherina van Rennes, composer |
| 1858 | William Watson, British poet, Prince's Quest, Father of Forest |
| 1854 | Francis Marion Crawford, British author |
| 1835 | Elisha Grey, inventor, Telephone |
| 1835 | Elisha Gray, American Inventor |
| 1834 | Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor, Statue of Liberty |
| 1834 | Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist |
| 1832 | Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder, Theosophical Society |
| 1826 | William Denison Whipple, Major General Union Army |
| 1818 | [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major |
| 1802 | Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster |
| 1775 | Jose Angel Lamas, composer |
| 1754 | Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Washington D.C. |
| 1746 | Joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot |
| 1723 | Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect |
| 1696 | Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman, Turkey, 1730-54, fought Austria and Russia |
| 1632 | Kaspar von Stieler, German poet, Teutsche Wolredner |
| 1627 | Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter |
| 1455 | Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg, 1486-99 |
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