| 1981 | Lauri Illy, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, rhythmic gymnast 1996 Olympics |
| 1980 | Corey Carrier, actor, Young Indiana Jones |
| 1978 | Sanna Lankosaari, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics |
| 1974 | Denesha Reid, Miss USA-Georgia 1997 |
| 1972 | Derrick Alston, NBA forward for the Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1971 | Bernard Whittington, defensive end for the Indianapolis Colts |
| 1971 | Brett Bech, wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints |
| 1971 | Ke Huy Quan, Saigon Vietnam, actor, Sam-Together We Stand |
| 1971 | Kevin Hickman, NFL tight end, Detroit Lions |
| 1971 | Oronde Gadsden, NFL wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys |
| 1971 | David Walliams, born in Surrey, England, actor, appeared on 'Little Britain', 'Neighbours', 'Capturing Mary', television shows |
| 1970 | Els Callens, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star, 1996 quarterfinalist Essen |
| 1970 | Jay McNeil, CFL guard for the Calgary Stampeders |
| 1970 | John Carmack, born in Roeland Park, Kansas, game programmer, co-founder of id Software, lead programmer for computer games, 'Quake', 'Doom', 'Commander Keen' series |
| 1970 | Fred Durst, American Musician |
| 1969 | Bart Spark, soccer player, Veendam, South Carolina Heerenveen |
| 1968 | Sandy Brondello, Australian basketball guard 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1967 | Andy Benes, born in Evansville, Indiana, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1967 | Michael "Sean" Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1966 | Courtney Gibbs, Miss USA, 1988, actress, Baywatch |
| 1966 | Greg Jackson, NFL strong safety, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers |
| 1966 | Steven Finn, Laval, NHL defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings |
| 1964 | Giuseppe Giannini, Rome, Italy, soccer player, Rome A Team |
| 1963 | Bruce Hick, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1962 | Duffy James Joseph Waldorf, Jr., born in Los Angeles, California, PGA golfer, 1995 LaCantera Tx |
| 1962 | Loretta Alderete, born in Los Angeles, California, LPGA golfer, 1992 Oldsmobile-14th |
| 1962 | Robert Meyer, Sacramento Cal, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Morningstar |
| 1962 | James Marsters, American Actor |
| 1961 | Linda Mantz, New York City, actress, Frankie-Dorothy |
| 1961 | Greg Egan, born in Perth, Western Australia, author, science fiction, books include, 'Permutation City', 'Diaspora', 'Incandescence' |
| 1960 | Elizabeth Alda, daughter of Alan Alda, actress, Beth-Four Seasons |
| 1960 | Mark Langston, born in San Diego, California, pitcher for the California Angels |
| 1959 | Missie McGeorge, Pueblo CO, LPGA golfer, 1994 PING-Cellular One |
| 1958 | Lenny Henry, British comedian, 3 of a Kind |
| 1957 | Cindy Nicholas, Canada, swimmer, swam English Channel 19 times |
| 1957 | Jim "Bullseye" Bowen, British TV game show host |
| 1957 | Mike Dodd, Manhattan Beach California beach volleyballer, 1996 Olympics silver |
| 1957 | Scott Ayakatubby, beach volleyball champ |
| 1956 | Alvin Greenidge, cricketer, WI opener, no relation to Gordon or Geoff |
| 1956 | Joan Allen, Illinois, actress, Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker, In Country |
| 1956 | Rick Olsen, rock guitarist, Berlin-Take My Breath Away |
| 1955 | Jay Acovone, Mahopac, New York, actor, Det Rado-Hollywood Beat |
| 1955 | Ned Overend, Taipei Taiwan, cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1955 | Rob Wiedijk, Dutch rock vocalist, Bob Color |
| 1954 | Al Roker, Queens, New York, weatherman, NBC, Today |
| 1954 | Theresa Saldana, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Rachel Scali-Commish |
| 1954 | William Quinn Buckner, Phoenix, Illinois, basketballer 1976 Olympics gold |
| 1953 | Peter Horton, Bellevue Wash, actor, Gary-30 Something |
| 1952 | John Emburey, England cricket off-spinner, 1978-95, captain 1988 |
| 1952 | John Hiatt, U.S. singer and songwriter, Have a Little Faith in Me |
| 1952 | Rudy Gatlin, Olney, Texas, country singer, Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady |
| 1951 | Greg[ory Dale] Bear, U.S., sci-fi author, 2 Hugos, Eon, Eternity |
| 1951 | Phil Lynott, Dublin Ireland, rock bassist, Thin Lizzy |
| 1951 | Svetlana Oktyabrevna Omelchenko, Russia, cosmonaut |
| 1951 | Greg Bear, American Writer |
| 1948 | Robert Plant, English rock vocalist, Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love |
| 1947 | James Pankow, born in St. Louis, Missouri, rocker, Chicago |
| 1946 | Connie Chung, TV news anchor, NBC, CBS |
| 1944 | Graig Nettles, 3rd baseman, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians |
| 1944 | Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, 1984-89 |
| 1942 | Hans-Joachim Klein, born in West Germany, 100m swimmer 1964 Olympics bronze |
| 1942 | Isaac Hayes, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, Academy-Award winner |
| 1941 | Slobodan Milocevic, premier Serbia |
| 1941 | William H. Gray, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1979 - 1991 |
| 1940 | Rex Sellers, Australia cricketer leg-spinner, bowled 5 overs in Tests |
| 1940 | Sam Melville, Utah, actor, Mike Danko-Rookies, Roughnecks |
| 1940 | Ruben Hinojosa, American Politician |
| 1940 | Bill McCartney, American Celebrity |
| 1939 | Fernando Poe, Jr., Filipino Actor |
| 1938 | Jean-Loup Jaques Marie Chretien, France, cosmonaut, T-6, TM-7, STS-86 |
| 1937 | Corrie E Moret-de Jong, Dutch MP, CDA |
| 1937 | George Thoma, born in West Germany, cross country ski jumper 1960 Olympics gold |
| 1936 | Carla Fracci, Milan Italy, ballerina |
| 1935 | Charles Shere, born in Berkeley, California, composer, music critic, Music Director for radio KPFA, Berkeley, wrote book, 'How I Saw Duchamp' |
| 1935 | J. J. Malone, U.S. soul singer, It's a shame |
| 1935 | Justin Tubb, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Grand Ole Opry |
| 1935 | Ron Paul, American Politician |
| 1933 | Don Fuqua, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Representative-D-Florida 1967 - 1987 |
| 1933 | George J. Mitchell, born in Waterville, Maine, Senator-D-Maine 1980 - 1995 and Senate Whip 1989 - 1995 |
| 1933 | George J. Mitchell, American Politician |
| 1931 | Bernhard Becher, photographer, industrialist builder 19th/20th |
| 1929 | Norma Connolly, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Ruby Anderson-General Hospital |
| 1924 | Jim Reeves, U.S. country singer and actor, Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim |
| 1921 | Jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1956 |
| 1921 | Jacqueline Susann, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, author, Valley of the Dolls |
| 1920 | Istvan Szivos, Hungary, water polo player 1976 Olympics gold |
| 1914 | Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach 1936 Olympics gold |
| 1913 | Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist |
| 1912 | Philip Kapleau, founder, Rochester Zen Center in New Haven |
| 1911 | Ronald Udell, England, production designer, Pinewood Studios |
| 1910 | Eero Saarinen, Finnish/U.S. architect, IBM Building, MIT Chapel |
| 1909 | Albert Roberts, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37 |
| 1909 | Andre Morell, born in London, England, actor, Hound of the Baskervilles |
| 1908 | Alfonso Lopez, baseball player, AL Manager of the year 1959 |
| 1908 | Jeanne Stern, writer |
| 1908 | John Reginald Bevins, politician |
| 1908 | Kingsley Davis, sociologist/demographer, coined, population explosion |
| 1908 | Al Lopez, American Coach |
| 1907 | Alan Reed, New York City, actor, Mr Adams and Eve, voice, Fred Flintstone |
| 1907 | Anatole Fistoulari, conductor |
| 1907 | Shirley Booth, Thelma Booth Ford, New York City, actress, Hazel |
| 1907 | Stanley Devon, photographer |
| 1905 | Duncan Macrae, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Casino Royale, Kidnapped |
| 1905 | Jack [Weldon J] Teagarden, U.S. trombonist/actor, Meet Band Leaders |
| 1904 | Jaap Burger, chairman, PvdA |
| 1902 | Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club owner |
| 1901 | Salvatore Quasimodo, Italy, poet, critic and translator Nobel 1959 |
| 1900 | Edward J "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break |
| 1899 | Hanns Lilje, German Lutherian bishop/antifascist, Church und Welt |
| 1898 | G Kraus, director Santpoort, Insanity in Netherlands |
| 1898 | Leopold Infeld, Polish nuclear physicist, Whom the God's Love |
| 1897 | Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author, Det Store Spelet |
| 1892 | George Aiken, born in Dummerston, Vermont, Governor of Vermont 1937 - 1941, Senator-R-Vermont, 1941 - 1975 |
| 1890 | H. P. Lovecraft, American Novelist |
| 1889 | Witold Friemann, composer |
| 1888 | George Sklavos, composer |
| 1886 | Paul Tillich, German/U.S. theologist, Die sozial Entscheidung |
| 1885 | Dino Campana, Italian poet, Canti orfici |
| 1881 | Edgar Albert Guest, born in Detroit, Michigan, poet/newspaperman |
| 1881 | Nikolay Yakovlevich Myaskovsky, composer |
| 1873 | Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect, GM Tech Institute, Michigan |
| 1873 | William Henry Bell, composer |
| 1860 | Raymond Poincare, France, president/PM, 1912 |
| 1856 | Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, Laodania |
| 1842 | Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter |
| 1833 | Benjamin Harrison, born in North Bend, Ohio, R, 23rd President, 1889-1893 |
| 1832 | Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, inventor |
| 1824 | Absalom Baird, Major General Union Army |
| 1820 | Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer |
| 1811 | Gilman Marston, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1802 | Cadwalader Ringgold, Commander Union Navy |
| 1799 | Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician |
| 1788 | Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer |
| 1785 | Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Naval hero, "We have met the enemy" |
| 1779 | Freiherr Jons J Berzelius, Swedish chemist, atomic weight |
| 1778 | Bernardo O'Higgins, won independence for Chile |
| 1764 | Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies |
| 1756 | Bernardo Bittoni, composer |
| 1720 | Bernard de Bury, composer |
| 1710 | Thomas Simpson, English mathematician, rules of Simpson |
| 1702 | Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-Field Marshal |
| 1666 | Alphonse d' Eve, composer |
| 1665 | Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar, Gekrookte Reed |
| 1637 | Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam |
| 1625 | Thomas Corneille, French playwright |
| 1561 | Jacopo Peri, composer |
| 1526 | Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist, Historia Martyrum |
| 1517 | Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples, 1571-75 |
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