| 1987 | Ben Nicholas, born in Adelaide, Australia, actor, known for role as Scott Timmins in Australia's soap opera, 'Neighbours' |
| 1974 | Meg White, American Musician |
| 1973 | Bernard Holsey, defensive tackle for the New York Giants |
| 1973 | Marcus Wall, CFL receiver, Montreal Alouettes |
| 1973 | Rusty LaRue, NBA guard, Chicago Bulls |
| 1972 | Brian Molko, born in Brussels, Belgium, songwriter, guitarist, member of band Placebo, lead vocalist, known for androgynous appearance |
| 1971 | Amanda Hardy, Altona Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Carla Sacramento, Lisbon, 1.5k runner |
| 1971 | Manjula Munasinghe, cricketer, Sri Lankan ODI pace bowler |
| 1970 | Bryant Stith, NBA guard for the Denver Nuggets |
| 1969 | Darren Berry, cricketer, Victorian wicket-keeper since 1989-90 |
| 1969 | Nadim Khan, cricketer, brother of Moin Pakistani lefty spinner 1993 |
| 1969 | Rob Blake, Simcoe Ont, NHL defenseman, Team Canada, Los Angeles Kings |
| 1969 | Todd Furdyk, CFL tackle for the BC Lions |
| 1968 | Rob Davis, NFL guard, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 |
| 1966 | Eric Naposki, WLAF linebacker, Barcelona Dragons |
| 1966 | Norberto Martin, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, infielder, Chicago White Sox |
| 1965 | Jennifer Wyatt, born in Vancouver, Canada, golfer, 1992 Crestar-Farm Fresh |
| 1964 | Luis Polonia, Santiago City, Dominican Republic, outfielder, New York Yankees, Orioles |
| 1964 | Bobby Flay, American Celebrity |
| 1963 | Doug Henry, Sacramento California, pitcher for the New York Mets |
| 1963 | Gerald Sandel, soccer player, Sparta |
| 1963 | Michael Lofton, Montgomery, Alabama, fencer-sabre 1996 Olympics |
| 1963 | Robin White, San Diego Cal, tennis player, U.S. Open doubles 1988 |
| 1962 | John de Wolf, soccer player, Feyenoord |
| 1961 | Mark McKoy, Canadian track star, world record 50m indoor |
| 1961 | Nia Peeples, Vernia, Hollywood, dancer/host, Fame, Party Machine |
| 1960 | Kenneth Branagh, born in Belfast, actor and director, High Season, Dead Again |
| 1960 | Paul Assenmacher, born in Detroit, Michigan, pitcher, Cleveland Indians |
| 1959 | Burke Moses, New York City, actor, Sean Baxter-As the World Turns |
| 1959 | Mark Aguirre, NBA forward, Detroit Pistons |
| 1958 | John J York, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Mac Scorpio-General Hospital |
| 1958 | Paul Hardcastle, keyboardist, Don't Waste My Time, Just for Money |
| 1958 | Cornelia Funke, German Author |
| 1957 | Michael Clarke Duncan, American Actor |
| 1957 | Prem Rawat, Indian Celebrity |
| 1956 | Michael VerMeulen, born in Chicago, Illinois, writer, journalist, magazine editor, broke story on U.S. AIDS epidemic, published in Vanity Fair, Parade, GQ founding features editor |
| 1956 | Rod Blagojevich, American Politician |
| 1953 | Jack Scalia, actor and director, Amore, Deadly Desire, Donor, T-Force |
| 1952 | Susan Hallock Dey, Illinois, actress, 1st Love, Partridge Family, LA Law |
| 1952 | Clive Anderson, English Entertainer |
| 1952 | Susan Dey, American Actress |
| 1951 | Frank Beard, U.S. country rock drummer, ZZ Topp |
| 1951 | Johnny Rodriquez, U.S., actor, Nashville Girl, La Bamba Party |
| 1950 | Simon Owen, Wanganui New Zealand, Australasia golfer |
| 1949 | Linda Galloway, LPGA golfer |
| 1948 | Jessica Cleaves, born in Los Angeles, California, singer, member, Friends of Distinction, performed with Earth, Wind & Fire |
| 1948 | Abu Abbas, Palestinian Politician |
| 1947 | Sinaida Woronin, U.S.S.R., gymnast, Olympic-gold/silver/2 bronze-1968 |
| 1946 | Gloria Loring, New York City, actress and singer, Days of our Life |
| 1946 | Walter "Clyde" Orange, Florida, rocker, Commodores-Too Hot to Trot |
| 1945 | Eric Boom, Dutch guitarist/producer |
| 1944 | Tisha Sterling, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Coogan's Bluff |
| 1943 | Chad Stuart, rock vocalist and guitarist, Chad and Jeremy |
| 1943 | Theodore Wilson, New York City, actor, That's My Mama, Sanford Arms |
| 1942 | Bear Bossu, Berend F Gertenbach, actor/vocalist, Pub Chantant |
| 1941 | Fionnula Flanagan, Dublin Ireland, actress, Rich Man Poor Man |
| 1941 | Jeff Jones, cricketer, England left-arm pace bowler in 60's |
| 1941 | Peter Michael Goetz, actor, Jumping Jack Flash, King Kong Lives |
| 1941 | Tommy Kirk, actor, Old Yeller |
| 1941 | Tommy Rettig, Jackson Heights, New York, actor, Jeff's Collie-Lassie |
| 1940 | William Fred Dempster, born in Berkeley, California, crew member, Biosphere 2 |
| 1938 | Yuri Temirkanov, Nalchik Russia, conductor, Kirov |
| 1937 | Don Bies, Cottonwood ID, PGA golfer, 1975 Sammy Davis Jr |
| 1937 | Don Sebesky, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, orchestra leader, Jimmy Dean Show |
| 1933 | Grenville Alabaster, cricketer, New Zealand tourist to Australia 1973-74 |
| 1930 | Clayton K. Yeutter, Nebraska, U.S. trade rep/Republican National chairman |
| 1929 | Dan Blocker, born in Texas, actor, Tiny-Cimarron City, Hoss-Bonanza |
| 1928 | John Colicos, Toronto, actor, Battlestar Galactica |
| 1926 | Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, composer |
| 1926 | Eddie Jones, "Guitar Slim" rocker |
| 1925 | Carolyn Ashley Kizer, U.S. writer, Yin, Pulitzer 1985 |
| 1923 | Abelardo Quinteros, composer |
| 1923 | Harold Gould, Schenectady, New York, actor, He and She, Martin-Rhoda, Big Bus |
| 1923 | Jorge Semprun, French writer, 2nd mort de R Mercader, Z |
| 1922 | Allen Dwight Sapp, composer |
| 1920 | Ragnhild Hveger, Denmark, 200m swimmer 1936 Olympics silver |
| 1919 | Harrison A. Williams, born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Senator-D-New Jersey 1959 - 1982 |
| 1919 | Sven-Eric Emanuel Johanson, composer |
| 1918 | Anne Gwynne, Waco, Texas, actress, Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein |
| 1918 | Professor Longhair, king of New Orleans music |
| 1914 | Dorothy Lamour, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actress 'Road to Bali' |
| 1913 | Morton Gould, born in Richmond Hill, New York, prolific composer, Verdun |
| 1912 | Rien van Nunen, Dutch actor, Spuit Elf |
| 1911 | Chet Huntley, Cardwell Mont, newscaster, NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report |
| 1910 | Dennis Morgan, Prentice Wisconsin, actor, Dennis-21 Beacon Street |
| 1910 | Jill Summers, actress, Agatha Coronation Street |
| 1910 | John Hammond Sr, New York City, rock/jazz producer, I Can Tell, So Many Roads |
| 1908 | Arnold A. van Ruler, Dutch theologist |
| 1908 | Olivier Messiaen, born in Avignon, France, composer, L'Ame en Bourgeon |
| 1907 | Amedeo Nazzari, Cagliari Sardinia Italy, actor, Lure of Sila |
| 1907 | Michael Blankfort, U.S., writer/producer/director |
| 1907 | Rumer Godden, England, author, Thursday's Children |
| 1904 | Antonin Novotny, Czechoslovakia, President of Czechoslovakia, 1957-68 |
| 1903 | George J Lewis, Guadalajara Mexico, sacotr, Don-Zorro |
| 1903 | Una Merkel, Covington, Kentucky, actress, 42nd Street, Abraham Lincoln |
| 1903 | William Plomer, Transvaal, author, Paper Houses, I Speak of Africa |
| 1898 | Anton Mauve, Dutch painter |
| 1898 | Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainian writer, Birth of Hero, |
| 1897 | Karl H Waggerl, Austria writer, Power of Love |
| 1894 | Earnest Haenchen, German new testament expert |
| 1894 | Gertrud Kolmar, writer |
| 1894 | Paul Dessau, composer |
| 1893 | Walter Rein, composer |
| 1891 | Nelly Sachs, born in Schoenberg, Berlin, writer, poet, dramatist, Jewish, works include, 'Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels' |
| 1890 | George Merritt, born in London, England, actor, I Monster, Q Planes |
| 1889 | Ray Collins, born in Sacramento, California, actor, Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie |
| 1886 | Victor McLaglen, born in England, actor, Informer, Academy Award-1935 |
| 1886 | William Booth, cricketer, Yorks all-rounder, England before WW I |
| 1885 | Janos Hammerschlag, composer |
| 1885 | Mario Varvoglis, composer |
| 1883 | Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian lawyer/Foreign Minister/UN-ambassador |
| 1882 | Otto Neurath, Australian/British philosopher, Foundation of Social Sciences |
| 1872 | Johann Babtist Thaller, composer |
| 1872 | Ludwig Klages, German philosopher, study of graves |
| 1870 | Adolf Loos, Austria architect, building of houses |
| 1870 | Pierre Louijs, France, novelist/poet, Aphrodite, Woman and Puppet |
| 1870 | Rudolf W. Canne, Fries playwright, Der de Wier Us |
| 1870 | T R McKibbin, cricketer, NSW and Australia off-spinner late 19th century |
| 1868 | Louis Victor Saar, composer |
| 1851 | Melvil[le Louis K] Dewey, created Dewey Decimal System for libraries |
| 1851 | Melvil Dewey, American Inventor |
| 1845 | Frederick Pollock, English Judge |
| 1831 | Alexander Conze, German archaeologist |
| 1830 | Emily Dickinson, born in Amherst, Massachusetts, poet, Collected Poems |
| 1830 | Kalman Tisza, premier of Hungary, 1875-90 |
| 1824 | George MacDonald, Scotland, sci-fi author, Princess and Curdie |
| 1823 | Wilhelm Kuhe, composer |
| 1822 | Cesar-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-H Franck, Liege Belg, composer, Rebecca |
| 1822 | Thomas Casimer Devin, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1821 | Nikolai A. Nekrasov, Russian poet, Russkije Zjenjshiny |
| 1820 | David Allen Russell, Army Major General, Union |
| 1813 | Errico Petrella, composer |
| 1813 | Zachariah Chandler, U.S., merchant/politician, found Republican Party |
| 1805 | John E Feisser, theologist/founder 1st Dutch baptist church |
| 1805 | William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist publisher, The Liberator |
| 1794 | James Wolfe Ripley, Major General Union Army |
| 1787 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Philadelphia, pioneer of educating the deaf |
| 1765 | [Izaak J] Alexander Gogel, Dutch minister of Finance/patriot |
| 1764 | Louis-Sebastien Lebrun, composer |
| 1745 | Thomas Holcroft, English Dramatist |
| 1741 | Agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer, For the Elderly and Children |
| 1691 | Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist |
| 1679 | Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/Governor of Zeeuws-Flanders |
| 1538 | Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer, Faithfull Shepherd |
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