| 1989 | Hayden Panettiere, actress, One Life to Live |
| 1979 | Aiesha Lee Hendrick, Miss New York Teen USA 1996 |
| 1979 | Ashley Whitney, born in Nashville, Tennessee, 800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics |
| 1976 | Alicia Witt, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, born Alicia Roanne Witt, film, stage and television actress, singer, played role of Cybill Shepherd's character in sitcom Cybill, 1995 - 1998 |
| 1974 | Amy Fisher, born in Long Island, New York, shot Mary Jo Buttafucco |
| 1974 | Pietra Gay, WNBA guard and forward for the Houston Comets |
| 1973 | Ben Mann, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Ismael Valdes, born in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 1973 | Sergey Brin, born in Moscow, Soviet Union, computer scientist, Google co-founder, speaker, National Academy of Engineering inductee |
| 1972 | Johnnie Harris, CFL linebacker for the Toronto Argonauts |
| 1971 | Shayne Edge, NFL/WLAF punter, Steelers, Barcelona Dragons |
| 1970 | Bill Roth, born in Yonkers, New York, gymnast, Gold Medal 1995 Pan American, 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Mark Hatfield, CFL guard for the BC Lions |
| 1970 | Paulo Barrancos Guerra, Portugal, 10k runner |
| 1970 | Steve Everitt, NFL center, Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1969 | Andujar Cedeno, La Romana, Dominican Republic, infielder for the Detroit Tigers |
| 1969 | Josee Chouinard, Rosemont Quebec, figure skater, Olympic-9th-1994 |
| 1968 | Barbara Ann Moore, Spokane, Washington, playmate, Dec, 1992 |
| 1968 | Shinichi Iwasaki, hockey goaltender, Team Japan 1998 |
| 1967 | Michael Bendetti, actor, Officer Tony McCann-21 Jump Street |
| 1967 | Tuineau Alipate, NLF/WLAF linebacker, Frankfurt Galaxy, Minnesota Vikings |
| 1967 | Serj Tankian, born in Beirut, Lebanon, singer, songwriter, rhythm guitarist, political activist, Grammy-Award winning band, System of a Down |
| 1967 | Carrie-Anne Moss, born in Burnaby, Canada, actress, appeared in films, 'Memento', 'Chocolat', 'The Matrix' trilogy |
| 1966 | John Wetteland, San Mateo California, pitcher, New York Yankees, Rangers, Expos |
| 1965 | Jim Bullinger, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs |
| 1963 | Melvin Douglas, Topeka, Kansas, 198 lbs/90 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics |
| 1961 | Danny Sheaffer, born in Jacksonville, Florida, catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1961 | Lance Earl Deal, Riverton Wyoming, hammer thrower, 1996 Olympics silver |
| 1959 | Anne Hobbs, born in Nottingham, England, professional tennis player, played singles but primarily a doubles specialist, tennis coach, consultant in sports psychology |
| 1959 | Bud Schultz, Meriden Conn, tennis star |
| 1959 | Jim McMahon, NFL quarterback, Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1959 | Richard Zokol, Kitimat BC, Canadian Tour golfer, 1982 BC Open |
| 1958 | Steve Case, born in McLean, Virginia, co-founder and chief executive officer of America Online, AOL, founder of Revolution LLC holding, chairman of the Case Foundation |
| 1957 | Budgie, rock drummer, Slits, Siouxsie and the Banshees-Wild Thing |
| 1957 | Janice Thomas, WBL guard, New York Stars |
| 1957 | Kim Sledge, Philadelphia, vocalist, Sister Sledge-We are Family |
| 1956 | Kim Cattrall, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Mannequin, Star Trek VI |
| 1954 | Archie Griffin, NFL runningback, won 2 Heisman Trophies, Ohio State |
| 1954 | Steve Smith, born in Los Angeles, California, rock drummer, Journey |
| 1952 | Glenn Hughes, born in Cannock, England, bassist, vocalist, member of Black Sabbath, also played with Trapeze, Deep Purple |
| 1951 | Bernhard Germeshausen, born in East Germany, bobsled, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics |
| 1951 | Harry Smith, Hammond, Indiana, TV co-anchor, CBS Morning Show |
| 1948 | Taurean Blacque, actor, Hill Street Blues |
| 1947 | Carl Giammarese, born in Chicago, Illinois, rock guitarist, Buckinghams |
| 1947 | Ben Shneiderman, American Scientist |
| 1946 | Lev Alburt, U.S.S.R., International Chess Master, 1976 |
| 1945 | Patty McCormack, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Mama, Peck's Bad Girl, Ropers |
| 1944 | Jackie DeShannon, Hazel Kentucky, singer, What the World Needs Now |
| 1944 | Peter Weir, born in Sydney, Australia, director and writer, Witness, Dead Poets Society |
| 1944 | Perry Christie, Statesman |
| 1940 | Ana Isabel Anderson-Imbert, physician, rheumatologist |
| 1939 | Clarence Williams III, New York City, actor, Mod Squad, 52 Pick Up, Purple Rain |
| 1939 | Harold W. Reid, Augusta County, Virginia, singer, Statler Bros-Class of '57 |
| 1938 | Kenny Rogers, singer, Through the Years, actor, Coward of the County |
| 1937 | Robert Stone, U.S. writer, Who'll Stop the Rain, WUSA |
| 1936 | Mart Crowley, playwright, Boys in the Band |
| 1936 | Wilt Chamberlain, born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, NBA great center, Los Angeles Laker, 5 time MVP |
| 1935 | Ken Taylor, cricketer, England opening batsman three times 1959-64 |
| 1933 | Janet Baker, York England, mezzo-soprano, Owen Wingrave |
| 1932 | Melvin Van Peebles, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor and director, 'Sophisticated Gent' |
| 1931 | Gregg Smith, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, directed The Gregg Smith Singers, a mixed chorus of 16 singers who toured the U.S. 40 times, recorded over 100 albums, received three Grammy Awards |
| 1931 | Nancy Hadley, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Love That Jill, Joey Bishop Show |
| 1930 | Frank Perry, film director |
| 1930 | Princess Margaret, British Royalty |
| 1929 | Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, leader of South Africa Communist Party |
| 1928 | Gillian Sheen, England, foils 1956 Olympics gold |
| 1928 | Zdenek Lukas, composer |
| 1928 | Chris Brasher, British Athlete |
| 1927 | Wilhelm, Jr. Killmayer, composer |
| 1927 | Thomas S. Monson, American Clergyman |
| 1926 | Ben-Zion Orgad, composer |
| 1924 | Gerald D Lascelles, son of English princess Mary |
| 1924 | Jack Buck, American Celebrity |
| 1923 | Chris Schenkel, Biuppus, Indiana, sportscaster, Monday Night Fights |
| 1920 | Christopher R. Milne, son of Alan A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh |
| 1916 | William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist |
| 1915 | Jack Weston, Morris Weinstein, Cleveland, actor, 4 Seasons, Rad |
| 1914 | Dallas Pratt, collector |
| 1914 | Doug Wright, cricketer, England's leg-spinning genius of 30's and 40's |
| 1913 | Cornelius Johnson, born in Los Angeles, California, high jumper 1936 Olympics gold |
| 1913 | Diana Churchill, actress, Spider, Sally Bishop, Housemaster |
| 1913 | Victor Rosow, writer |
| 1909 | C. Dillon Douglas, born in Geneva, Switzerland, U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1961 - 1965 |
| 1909 | Jon William, Jr. Haussermann, composer |
| 1908 | David Farrar, Forest Gate England, actor, Beat Girl, I Accuse |
| 1907 | Miguel Torga, Adolfo Correia da Rocha, Portuguese author |
| 1907 | Roy K Marshall, Glen Carbon, Illinois, TV scientist, Nature of Things |
| 1906 | Joachim Homs, composer |
| 1906 | Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, advertising magnate |
| 1905 | Isadore I Friz Freleng, born in Kansas City, Missouri, animator, Warner Bros cartoons |
| 1904 | [William] Count Basie, Red Bank, New Jersey, jazz musician, Blazing Saddles |
| 1904 | Count Basie, American Musician |
| 1903 | Yannis Constantinidis, composer |
| 1902 | Renato Fasano, composer |
| 1900 | Eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress, Let's Go |
| 1896 | Blossom Rock, actress, Grandmamma-Addams Family |
| 1896 | Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer, Rose of Jericho |
| 1896 | Roark Bradford, writer/humorist, Ol' Man Adan an' His Chillun |
| 1893 | Juliette Marie Olga Lili Boulanger, composer |
| 1893 | Lili Boulanger, composer |
| 1892 | Charles Vanel, Rennes France, actor, Wages of Fear |
| 1890 | Bill Henry, born in San Francisco, California, newscaster, Who Said That? |
| 1880 | Johan H Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/leader, OD |
| 1879 | Henry Ainley, Leeds England, actor, As You Like It |
| 1875 | Maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo |
| 1874 | Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs, 1918-27 |
| 1872 | Aubrey Beardsley, England, artist, Salome |
| 1871 | Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist and writer, Red Laugh |
| 1852 | Benedetto Junck, composer |
| 1847 | Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader |
| 1843 | William Pepper, American Scientist |
| 1829 | Otto Goldschmidt, composer |
| 1825 | Kate Fanny Loder, composer |
| 1824 | John Sanford Mason, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1821 | William Barksdale, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1810 | Thomas Jefferson McKean, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1809 | Francesco Schira, composer |
| 1806 | Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer |
| 1801 | Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian |
| 1798 | Jules Michelet, French historian, History of France, L'Amour |
| 1789 | Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician |
| 1780 | Jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor, Slovenian Grammar |
| 1765 | William IV, king of England, 1830-37 |
| 1751 | Johann Georg Witthauer, composer |
| 1725 | Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter |
| 1721 | Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet |
| 1689 | Jose Pradas Gallen, composer |
| 1660 | Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building |
| 1643 | Afonso VI, king of Portugal, 1656-67, mentally ill |
| 1642 | Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer |
| 1579 | Henri II, Duke de Rohan-Gie, French Huguenot leader |
| 1567 | Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint |
| 1567 | Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman |
| 1165 | Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France, 1179-1223 |
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