| 1978 | Kristin Link, born in Fairfax, Virginia, diver 1996 Olympics |
| 1978 | Lorrie Fair, born in Los Altos, California, soccer defender 1996 Olympics |
| 1976 | Germain Wattamaleo, soccer player, Sparta |
| 1975 | Ami Foster, actress, Margaux-Punky Brewster |
| 1975 | Erin Gingrich, born in Yuma, Arizona, Miss America-Arizona 1997 |
| 1974 | Frankie Hejduk, born in La Mesa, California, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1974 | Jamie Lynn Bolding, born in Lakeland, Florida, Miss America-Florida 1997 |
| 1974 | Jason Shelley, WLAF wide receiver for the Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1973 | Brendan Todd, Australian mistral yachter 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Ed Burman, WLAF linebacker for the London Monarchs |
| 1972 | Aaqib Javed, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler 1989- |
| 1972 | Arthur Reid, born in Nashville, Tennessee, pairs skater, & Jennifer Darst |
| 1972 | Darryl Yung, Victoria BC, badminton player 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | John Wasdin, Ft. Belvoir, Washington, pitcher for the Oakland A's |
| 1971 | Perry Carter, cornerback for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1971 | Valeri Karpov, Chelyabinsk Rus, NHL left wing, Anaheim Mighty Ducks |
| 1970 | Andy Antoine, CFL receiver, Montreal Alouettes |
| 1970 | Everett McIver, NFL guard, New York Jets, Miami Dolphins |
| 1970 | Travis Moore, CFL receiver for the Calgary Stampeders |
| 1969 | Halle Cioffi, born in Cleveland, Ohio, tennis star |
| 1969 | James Fuller, NFL/WLAF safety, N O Saints, Frankfurt Galaxy, Scotland |
| 1969 | Robert Scott, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Vasbert Conniel Drakes, cricketer, Barbados fast bowler, WI ODI 1995 |
| 1969 | Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer, consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996- |
| 1968 | Andreas Lupzig, Straubing GER, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998 |
| 1968 | John Olerud, born in Seattle, Washington, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays |
| 1968 | Terri Clark, Canadian Musician |
| 1967 | Mike Fox, NFL defensive end for the Carolina Panthers |
| 1966 | Jonathan Silverman, actor, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Single Guy |
| 1965 | M V Sridhar, cricketer, score 366 for Hyderabad vs. Andhra Pradesh 1994 |
| 1964 | M C A, Adam Yauch, rapper, Beastie Boys |
| 1963 | James Wilder, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Scorchers, Zombie High, Murder 1 |
| 1962 | Otis Thorpe, NBA forward, Vancouver Grizzlies, Detroit Pistons |
| 1962 | Patrick Ewing, born in Jamaica, NBA center, New York Knicks, Gold Medal 1984, 1992 Olympics |
| 1962 | Richard De Groen, cricketer, New Zealand medium pacer 1993- |
| 1962 | William Roberts, NFL guard, New York Jets, New England Patriots |
| 1961 | Athula Samarasekera, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman |
| 1961 | Tawny Kitaen, SD California, actress, Bachelor Party, Witchboard |
| 1960 | Heidi Sorenson, Vancouver BC, playmate, Jul, 1981 |
| 1959 | Pete Burns, rocker, Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round |
| 1957 | Andrei Yevgeniyevich Zaitsev, cosmonaut |
| 1957 | Pavel V Vinogradov, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-26 |
| 1956 | Ferdi Bolland, Dutch singer/guitarist, Bolland and Bolland |
| 1956 | Maureen McCormick, actress, Marcia-Brady Bunch |
| 1954 | Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, Bx, New York, Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It |
| 1953 | Samantha Sang, born in Melbourne, Australia, singer, pop genre, hit song at age 15 titled, 'You Made Me What I Am' |
| 1952 | Hun Sen, born in Peam Koh Sna, Cambodia, politician, Cambodian People's Party, Prime minister of Cambodia, governed since the 1979 overthrow of the Khmer Rouge |
| 1950 | Holly Palance, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Thorn Birds, Ripley's Believe It |
| 1950 | Rosi Mittermaier, born in West Germany, slalom/downhill 1976 Olympics gold |
| 1948 | Tony DiCicco, Wethersfield, Connecticut, U.S. women's soccer coach 1996 Olympics |
| 1947 | Rick Derringer, rocker, I am the Real American, Hulk Hogan's theme |
| 1946 | Erika Slezak, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Viki-One Life to Live |
| 1946 | Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboardist, Ekseption |
| 1945 | Jacob Reitsma, economist/Dutch MP, CDA |
| 1945 | Jo Collins, born in Oregon, Playboy playmate, Dec, 1964 |
| 1944 | Loni Anderson, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, actress, Jennifer-WKRP in Cincinnati |
| 1943 | Sammi Smith, born in Orange County, California, born Jewel Faye Smith, musician, songwriter, famous hit 'Help Me Make It Through the Night' written by Kris Kristofferson, part of 1970's 'outlaw country' movement |
| 1942 | Rick Huxley, guitarist, Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over |
| 1941 | Leonid Denissovich Kizim, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15 |
| 1939 | Irene, Princess of Netherlands |
| 1938 | Hayes Wendell Jones, born in Sturksville, Michigan, 110m hurdler, Gold Medal 1964 Olympics |
| 1938 | Ja'net Dubois, born in Philadelphia, actress, Willona-Good Times, Beverly Hill 90210 |
| 1937 | Herb Brooks, American Coach |
| 1936 | John Dancy, born in Jackson, Texas, newscaster, Prime Time Sunday |
| 1935 | John McCartan, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, ice hockey player, Gold Medal 1960 Olympics |
| 1935 | John Saxon, born in Brooklyn, actor, Bees, Nightmare on Elm St, Electric Horseman |
| 1935 | Zakes Mokae, Johannesburg South Africa, actor, Comedians |
| 1934 | Vern Gosdin, Woodland Al, country singer, Set 'em Up Joe |
| 1934 | Wendell Berry, American Poet |
| 1933 | Joan Weldon, SF, actress, So This is Love, Them |
| 1932 | Sister Vince Otto, mental health activist |
| 1932 | Tera de Marez Oyens, composer |
| 1930 | Neil Armstrong, born in Ohio, X-15 pilot, 1st Moonwalker, Gemini 8, Apollo 11 |
| 1929 | Al Alvarez, English Poet |
| 1927 | Gunnar Bucht, composer |
| 1926 | Betsy Jolas, born in Paris, France, composer, studied at the Conservatoire national superieur de Musique, wrote vocal music, works recorded on EMI, Erato, performed by London Sinfonietta |
| 1926 | Lewis Thompson Preston, American Businessman |
| 1925 | Cor Witschge, Dutch actor, Pipo the Clown |
| 1923 | Richard Kleindienst, attorney general, 1972 |
| 1921 | Nazar Mohammad, cricketer, Mudassar's pop, Pakistan's 1st centurion |
| 1920 | Gillespie V. Montgomery, born in Meridian, Mississippi, Representative-D-Mississippi 1967 - 1997 |
| 1920 | Selma Diamond, London Ontario, comedienne, Selma-Night Court |
| 1914 | Anita Colby, Washington D.C., model/actress, Pepsi Cola Playhouse |
| 1914 | David Brian, New York City, actor, Accussed of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco |
| 1914 | Stjepan Sulek, Croatian violinist and composer, Coriolan |
| 1913 | Nelly Aenders, Petronella Meyer, Dutch actress, Spanish Fly |
| 1912 | Abbe Pierre, born in Lyon, France, French Catholic priest, founded Emmaus movement aiding poor, homeless, refugees |
| 1911 | Robert Taylor, Filley, Nebraska, actor, Death Valley Days |
| 1910 | Jacquetta Hawker, English archaeologist/author, A Country |
| 1910 | Nan Gindele, U.S. javelin thrower, World Record 1932-38 |
| 1910 | [Johan] Erik Lindegren, Swedish poet/librettist, Aniara |
| 1908 | Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, 1966-67, ; supported U.S. in Vietnam |
| 1908 | Harold Edward Holt, Australian Politician |
| 1907 | Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter |
| 1906 | Francis Walder, Francois Waldburger, Belgian author |
| 1906 | John Huston, born in Nevada, Missouri, director and writer, African Queen, Chinatown |
| 1906 | Wassely Leontief, Russian/U.S. economist, Nobel 1973 |
| 1904 | Kenneth Thimann, botanist |
| 1901 | Juan Carlos Paz, composer |
| 1900 | Bodi Rapp, Johanna PAC Goetmakers, Dutch mezzo-soprano/teacher |
| 1899 | Conrad Aiken, U.S., poet/short story writer/critic, Selected Poems |
| 1891 | Donald Kerr, born in Eagle Grove, Iowa, actor, Carnival Lady, Devil Bat |
| 1890 | Erich Kleiber, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, NBC Symphony 1945-46 |
| 1890 | Hans Gal, born in Brunn am Gebirge, Austria, pianist, composer, teacher, trained at New Vienna Conservatory, director, Mainz Conservatory |
| 1890 | Naum Gabo, Pevsner, Russian/US sculptor, Stillife Flower |
| 1889 | Conrad P Aiken, U.S., poet and writer, Ushant/Conversation |
| 1888 | Victor Francen, Belgium, actor, J'Acusse, San Antonio |
| 1887 | Reginald Owen, born in Wheathampstead, England, actor, Dr. Watson-Sherlock Holmes |
| 1886 | Oscar Espla, composer |
| 1886 | Bruce Barton, American Author |
| 1882 | Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler, WW I |
| 1880 | Gertrude E Durden Rush, U.S. composer/playwright, Black Girls Burden |
| 1876 | Mary R. Beard, born in Indianapolis, historian, Woman as a Force in History |
| 1868 | Oskar Merikanto, composer |
| 1866 | Alfred Holy, composer |
| 1864 | Resurreccion Maria de Azkue, composer |
| 1860 | Joseph Carey Merrick, "Elephant Man" |
| 1856 | Achad Ha'am, Asjer Ginsberg, Hebrew philosopher and writer |
| 1850 | Anton Simon, composer |
| 1850 | Guy de Maupassant, born in France, author, Boule de Suif |
| 1843 | James Scott Skinner, composer |
| 1830 | James A. Healy, 1st black bishop in America |
| 1829 | Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer |
| 1829 | Milo Smith Hascall, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1828 | Giovanni Rossi, composer |
| 1828 | WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands |
| 1823 | Joseph E Labbe, French lawyer |
| 1822 | Johann Georg Herzog, composer |
| 1815 | Edward J Eyre, British explorer/governor, Jamaica |
| 1813 | Carnot Posey, Confederate Brigadier-General |
| 1813 | Ivar A. Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet |
| 1811 | C L Ambroise Thomas, French composer, Caid, Francoise de Rimini |
| 1802 | Niels H Abel, Norwegian mathematician, Abel's Comparisons |
| 1797 | Friedrich August Kummer, composer |
| 1749 | Thomas Lynch, signer, Declaration of Independence |
| 1711 | Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist, philosopher, and astronomer |
| 1694 | Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer |
| 1624 | William, Jamestown, Virginia, 1st black child born in English America |
| 1623 | Antonio Cesti, composer |
| 1607 | Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer |
| 1604 | John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized |
| 1540 | Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating |
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