| 1976 | Jim Weaver, Northridge California, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1976 | Lia Victoria Borrero, Miss Panama Universe 1997 |
| 1975 | Charles C Smith, NBA guard for the Miami Heat |
| 1975 | Mbali Gasa, Miss South Africa Universe 1997 |
| 1975 | Robert Enes, Australian soccer midfielder, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Jennifer Makris, Miss USA-New Jersey, 1997, top 10 |
| 1972 | Marliece Andrada, born in Manteca, California, playmate, March 1998 |
| 1972 | Stephen Boyd, NFL linebacker, Detroit Lions |
| 1971 | Bernard Carter, NFL/WLAF linebacker, Jaguars, Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1971 | Rick Yune, American Actor |
| 1970 | Jean-Michel Bombardier, Brantford Ont Canada, ice pairs, 1995, 96 Can |
| 1969 | Hipolito Pichardo, Esperanza, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals |
| 1969 | Maurice Graef, soccer player, VVW, Roda JC |
| 1968 | Henrik Holm, born in Taby, Sweden, professional tennis player, won five doubles titles, achieved highest ATP-ranking of 17th in the world, July 1993 |
| 1968 | Horst Skoff, born in Klagenfurt, Austria, professional tennis player, won top-level singles title in Athens in 1989, ranked 18th in world rankings for singles, 70th for doubles |
| 1968 | Michael Curry, NBA guard, Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1968 | Paul Ereng, Kenya, 800m runner 1988 Olympics gold |
| 1967 | Layne Staley, U.S. rock singer/guitarist, Alice in Chains-Dirt |
| 1966 | Mark Michaels, heavy metal guitarist, Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar |
| 1966 | Rob Witschge, Dutch soccer star, Ajax/Feyenoord |
| 1965 | Patricia Hy-Boulais, Cambodia, tennis star, 1994 Auckland doubles |
| 1964 | Dean Evason, Flin Flon, NHL center for the Calgary Flames |
| 1964 | Mats Wilander, born in Vaxjo, Sweden, tennis star, 1988-US, Australia, French |
| 1963 | Lily Yip, Canton China, U.S. table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1963 | Terry Catledge, NBA star, Orlando Magic |
| 1963 | Thomas Ansberry, Okinawa Japan, U.S. 10K runner |
| 1963 | Tori Amos, born in North Carolina, pianist/vocalist, Under The Pink, |
| 1962 | Gene Craig Sauers, Savannah Georgia, PGA golfer, 1986 Bank of Boston |
| 1962 | James Debarge, Grand Rapids, Michigan, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Debarge |
| 1962 | Marie Laurie Mahabir, Guadeloupe, North American Bodybuilding Champ, 1985-87 |
| 1961 | Debbi Peterson, born in Los Angeles, California, rock drummer, Bangles-Eternal Flame |
| 1961 | Jay Ashton, rocker, Gene Loves Jezebel |
| 1961 | John Kidd, NFL punter for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1961 | Roland Orzabal, rock vocalist, Tears for Fears-Shout, Head over Heels |
| 1959 | Denise Curry, Daivs California, basketball player 1984 Olympics gold |
| 1959 | Juan Croucier, heavy metal rocker, Ratt-Round and Round |
| 1958 | Elhadjdia Ba, Dakar Senegal, hurdler 1988 Olympics silver |
| 1957 | Holly Dunn, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Daddy's Hands |
| 1957 | Randy Romero, Garden City, New York, jockey, Breeder's Cup 1987-89 |
| 1957 | Steve Davis, born in Plumstead, London, snooker player, nine-ball pool player, won six World Championships in the 1980's, performed well in Mosconi Cup, World Pool Championships |
| 1956 | Paul Molitor, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, infielder, Mn Twins, 1993 World Series MVP |
| 1956 | Peter Taylor, cricketer, Australian off-spinner 1987-92 |
| 1954 | Frank Marino, born in Montreal, Canada, Francesco Antonio Marino, guitarist, rocker, musician, songwriter, leader of Canadian band Mahogany Rush |
| 1954 | John Colwell, Kingston Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, 1978 Simon Fraser |
| 1949 | Diana Nyad, swimmer, 1st to swim Bahamas to Fla-1979 |
| 1948 | Rob Buckman, British broadcaster/actor, Pink Medicine Show |
| 1947 | Robert E. Cramer, born in Huntsville, Alabama, Representative-D-Alabama 1991 - 2009 |
| 1947 | Cindy Williams, Van Nuys California, actress, Shirley- Laverne and Shirley |
| 1947 | Donna Godchaux, rocker, Grateful Dead |
| 1946 | Felix Meurders, Dutch radio host |
| 1945 | Derek Fatchett, MP, Labour |
| 1945 | James G Richardson, Gainesville, Florida, actor, Tim Cassidy-Sierra |
| 1945 | Ron Dante, Staten Island, New York, rock vocalist, Archies-Sugar, Sugar |
| 1945 | Steve Kroft, Kokomo, Indiana, co-editor, 60 Minutes |
| 1944 | Henk Veldhoen, biochemist/Dutch MP, PvdA |
| 1943 | Alun Michael, born in Bryngwran, Anglesey, politician, Labor Co-operative party, 1st Secretary for Wales 1999 - 2000 |
| 1942 | Kathy Lennon, born in Santa Monica, California, singer, Lennon Sisters |
| 1941 | Bill Parcells, NFL coach, New York Giants, New York Jets, New England Patriots |
| 1940 | Antony Crosthwaite-Eyre, English publisher/multi-millionaire |
| 1940 | George Reinholt, Philadelphia, actor, Steve-Another World, One Life to Live |
| 1940 | John Banham, director-general, CBI |
| 1940 | Valerie Harper, born in Sufferin, New York, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Valerie |
| 1939 | Carl Yastrzemski, born in New York, Boston Red Sox great, 1967 AL MVP, Hall of Fame |
| 1938 | Dale Hawkins, music writer, Suzy Q |
| 1938 | Paul Maguire, American Athlete |
| 1937 | Max Hebditch, director, Museum of London |
| 1936 | Anne Downey, British circuit judge |
| 1936 | Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef |
| 1935 | Morton Dean, Fall River Massachusetts, TV newscaster, CBS, ABC |
| 1935 | Richard W. Howard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 400m hurdler 1960 Olympics bronze |
| 1934 | Diana Sands, New York City, actress, Raisin in the Sun, Doctor's Wife |
| 1934 | Norman Schwarzkopf, born in Trenton, New Jersey, nicknamed, Stormin' Norman, The Bear, Commander, Coalition Forces in the Gulf War, 1991, retired U.S. Army General |
| 1934 | John M Chowning, composer |
| 1934 | Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser, BBC |
| 1933 | Irmtraud Morgner, born in Chemnitz, Germany, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society |
| 1933 | Sylva Koscina, Zagreb Yugo, actress, Jessica, Hercules |
| 1933 | Ken Lucas, American Politician |
| 1932 | Gerald P Carr, Denver Colorado, Col USMC/astronaut, Skylab 4 |
| 1932 | Theoni Vachliotis aldredge, award winning costume designer |
| 1929 | Baroness Ewart-Biggs, British, Lab, spokesperson on Home Affairs |
| 1928 | John Lupton, Highland Park, Illinois, actor, Tom-Broken Arrow |
| 1928 | Karlheinz Stockhausen, born in Germany, composer, worked with electronic music, musical spatialization |
| 1927 | Aleksandar Obradovic, composer |
| 1926 | Bob Flannigan, rocker, Four Freshmen |
| 1926 | Honor Blackman, London, actress, Pussy Galore in Goldfinger |
| 1926 | Marc Bohan, dress designer |
| 1924 | Andrzej Markowski, composer |
| 1924 | James Kirkwood, born in Los Angeles, California, actor and writer, Hired Wife |
| 1924 | Peter Allsop, publisher |
| 1923 | Gerald Long, journalist/CEO, Reuters |
| 1922 | Micheline Presle, Paris, actress, Nea, Donkey Skin |
| 1921 | James Menter, principal, Queen Mary College |
| 1920 | Anthony Tuke, CEO, Savoy Hotel Groups |
| 1920 | Denton Cooley, Houston, heart surgeon, 1st artifical heart transplant |
| 1920 | Pierre A. Lauffer, Antillian poet, Patria |
| 1920 | Ray[mond Douglas] Bradbury, Illinois, sci-fi author, Fahrenheit 451 |
| 1920 | Ray Bradbury, American Writer |
| 1919 | Earl Cathcart, British major-general |
| 1919 | Leo Pliatzky, senior civil servant |
| 1917 | John Lee Hooker, born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, blues guitarist, Canned Heat |
| 1916 | John Slater, born in London, England, actor, Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass |
| 1913 | Robert Schollum, composer |
| 1912 | Edith Porada, art historian/archaeologist |
| 1911 | Edith Atwater, Chic, actress, Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop |
| 1909 | Mel Hein, NFL center for the New York Giants |
| 1909 | Sergius Kagen, composer |
| 1909 | Stojan T. Daskalov, Bulgaria, writer, A Farm |
| 1908 | Henri Cartier-Bresson, born in Chanteloup, France, photographer |
| 1907 | Oliver F McGowan, Kipling AL, actor, Banning, Stagecoach |
| 1907 | Cyril Clarke, British Scientist |
| 1905 | Wade Crosby, Iowa, actor, Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood |
| 1904 | Deng Xiaoping, Chinese party leader, 1976-1983 |
| 1903 | Rene Wellek, Vienna Austria, writer, Concepts of Criticism |
| 1902 | Leni Riefenstahl, Helene Bertha Amalie, Germany, actress, Tiefland |
| 1902 | Roy Armstrong, English historian, History of Sussex |
| 1900 | Elizabeth Bergner, Vienna Austria, actress, Catherine the Great |
| 1898 | Francine Larrimore, Verdun France, actress, John Meade's Woman |
| 1897 | Bill Woodfull, cricketer, Australian captain in the Bodyline series |
| 1895 | Paul White, Bangor Maine, composer, Adante and Rondo for Cello |
| 1894 | Cecil Kellaway, South Africa, actor, Mr Earnshaw-Wuthering Heights |
| 1893 | Dorothy Parker, New Jersey, short story writer, 1958 Marjorie Peabody Award |
| 1892 | Percy Fender, cricketer, legendary Surrey and England all-rounder |
| 1891 | Francis McDonald, Bowling Green, Kentucky, actor, Will-Adv of Champion |
| 1891 | Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/U.S. painter/cubist sculptor |
| 1890 | Floyd Henri Allport, U.S. psychologist/sociologist |
| 1888 | Violet Farebrother, Grimsby England, actress, Downhill, Easy Virtue |
| 1882 | Harry Makepeace, cricketer, 4 Tests for England vs. Australia 1920-21 |
| 1874 | Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer |
| 1874 | Max Scheler, German philosopher, Vom Umsturz der Werte |
| 1873 | Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist |
| 1865 | Piet A. W. Hopmans, bishop of Breda, Eucharistic Crusade |
| 1862 | Claude Debussy, St. Germain-en-Laye, composer, La Mer, Clair de lune |
| 1860 | Gustaf Froding, Swedish poet, Stank och flikar |
| 1860 | Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer, Nipkow Award |
| 1856 | Friedrich Kustner, German astronomer |
| 1854 | Milan I, King of Serbia |
| 1854 | Charles Fillmore, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, mystic, co-founder, Unity, a New Thought movement church, created metaphysical interpretations of the Bible, promoted idea that God is good, God is available, God is in you, wrote, 'The Twelve Powers of Man' |
| 1852 | Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer, Political Struggle in Italy |
| 1847 | Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer |
| 1846 | B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norway, writer, Hellemyrsfolket |
| 1836 | Archibald M Willard, U.S., artist, Spirit of '76 |
| 1834 | Nathaniel Harrison Harris, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1827 | Edouard Silas, composer |
| 1827 | Josef Strauss, Austria, composer, Dorfschwalben aus Austria |
| 1827 | Joseph Anthony Mower, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1822 | George Stoneman, U.S. Union general-major, Gov-Calif, 1883-87 |
| 1795 | Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary |
| 1788 | Thomas Tredgold, engineer/carpenter |
| 1771 | Jan Joseph Rosler, composer |
| 1766 | Joseph-Denis Doche, composer |
| 1760 | Leo XII, Annibale Sermattei, Italy, Pope, 1823-29 |
| 1753 | Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer |
| 1681 | Pierre Danican Philidor, composer |
| 1647 | Denis Papin, French physicist, Papiniaanse pot, steam machine |
| 1615 | Christopher Gibbons, composer |
| 1601 | Georges de Scudery, French writer, Observations sur le Cid |
| 1530 | Bartolomeo Spontone, composer |
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