| 1988 | Edward EMG baron Downpatrick, grandson of English prince Edward |
| 1981 | Britney Spears, born in McComb, Mississippi, singer, songwriter, dancer, entertainer, number one Billboard Hot 100 hit 'Baby One More Time' |
| 1978 | Nelly Furtado, born in Victoria, Canada, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winning song, 'I'm Like a Bird', sold over 20 million albums worldwide |
| 1976 | Jennifer Robinson, Barrie Ontario, 1996 Canadian Champ |
| 1975 | Brett Lindros, London, NHL right wing for the New York Islanders |
| 1975 | Mark Kotsay, Whittier California, baseball outfielder, 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1973 | Kevin Feighery, NFL/WLAF punter, New York Giants, Panthers, Galaxy |
| 1973 | Monica Seles, Novi Sad Yugoslavia, tennis star, U.S. Open 1992 |
| 1972 | Alan Henderson, NBA forward for the Atlanta Hawks |
| 1972 | Chris Burns, CFL tackle for the Calgary Stampeders |
| 1972 | James Willis, linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1972 | Sunjith Somasunder, cricketer, Karnataka and India ODI opening bat 1996 |
| 1972 | Zack Crockett, NFL running back for the Indianapolis Colts |
| 1971 | Jessie Hicks, WNBA forward and center for the Utah Starzz |
| 1971 | Rachel McQuillan, born in Merewether, Australia, tennis star, 1989 Futures ITA |
| 1971 | Roy van de Hill, soccer player, Roda JC |
| 1970 | Rene Pucher, born in Presov, Czechoslovakia, hockey forward, Team Slovakia |
| 1969 | Lewis Bush, NFL outside linebacker for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1969 | O J McDuffie, NFL wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1969 | Paul Francis Stankowski, Oxnard California, PGA golfer, 1994 Las Vegas-5th |
| 1968 | Darryl Kile, Garden Grove California, pitcher for the Houston Astros |
| 1968 | Elna Reinach, Pretoria South Africa, tennis star |
| 1968 | Jiri Dopita, Sumperk, Czechoslovakia, hockey forward, Team Czech, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics |
| 1968 | Mark Harding, Bath England, keeper of Internet biographies |
| 1968 | Rena Sofer, actress, Rocky-Loving, Lois Cerullo-General Hospital |
| 1968 | Renee Tenison, Caldwell Id, playmate of the year, Nov, 1989 |
| 1968 | Lucy Liu, born in Queens, New York, actress, known for television show, 'Ally McBeal', and film roles, 'Kill Bill', 'Kung Fu Panda', Charlie's Angels |
| 1967 | Naeem Akhtar, Rawalpindi cricket medium-pacer, 10-28 vs Peshawar 1995 |
| 1967 | Sharry Konopski, Longview Wash, playmate, August, 1987 |
| 1966 | Anita Jokiel, Poland, gymnast, 1980 Olympics |
| 1966 | Clive Eksteen, cricketer, South African slow left-armer 1993 |
| 1966 | Kelly Buchberger, Langenburg, NHL left wing for the Edmonton Oilers |
| 1966 | Rob Sullivan, born in Chicago, Illinois, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 Tri-City Pro-Am |
| 1966 | Zeke Jones, Yipsilanti, Michigan, 114 lbs freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics |
| 1965 | Karrie Mitchell, Arvada Colorado, Miss Colorado-America, 1991-top 10 |
| 1964 | Brian Habib, NFL guard, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32 |
| 1964 | Chip Hale, Santa Clara California, infielder for the Minnesota Twins |
| 1964 | Yolanda Henry, Houston Texas, high jumper |
| 1960 | Rick Savage, bass player, Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages |
| 1959 | Greg Barton, kayak, 2 gold medals 1988 Olympics |
| 1959 | Patty Jordan, Buffalo, New York, LPGA golfer, 1988 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean |
| 1958 | Vladimir Parfenovich, U.S.S.R., 500m kayak, 1980 Olympics gold |
| 1958 | George Saunders, American Writer |
| 1956 | Steven Bauer, born in Havana, Cuba, actor, Scarface, Thief of Hearts |
| 1955 | Dennis Christopher, Philadelphia, actor, Breaking Away, California Dreaming |
| 1954 | Dan Butler, actor, Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe-Frasier |
| 1954 | Danielle Alexander, Ft. Worth, Texas, country music pianist |
| 1954 | Huub Stapel, Dutch actor, Amsterdamned, Attic: Hiding of Anne Frank |
| 1954 | Stone Phillips, news host, NBC Dateline |
| 1953 | Jay Dean Haas, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1978 Andy Williams-San Diego |
| 1953 | Meg Griffin, DJ, WNEW-FM, WPLJ-FM, WKRK-FM, VJ, V-1 |
| 1953 | Myung-Whan Chung, Seoul Korea, pianist, Chung Sisters |
| 1952 | Keith Szarabajka, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actor, Nightlife |
| 1952 | Michael McDonald, St. Louis, rock keyboardist/vocals, Doobie Brothers |
| 1950 | Merrill Ashley, St. Paul, Minnesota, ballerina, New York City Ballet |
| 1949 | Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, Mexican Diplomat |
| 1948 | Patricia Hewitt, British Politician |
| 1947 | Dhiraj Parsana, cricket pace bowler, Indian vs. WI 1978-79 |
| 1947 | Michael Green, English TV/video producer |
| 1946 | Gianni Versace, Italian Designer |
| 1945 | Alan "Froggy" Thomson, cricketer, Australian quickie 1970-71 |
| 1945 | Penelope Spheeris, American Director |
| 1944 | Cathy Lee Crosby, Louisiana, actress, Coach, That's Incredible |
| 1944 | Ibrahim Rugova, Statesman |
| 1943 | David Munden, born in England, played for the Tremeloes, a 50 year old band, Europe's longest playing rock and roll band |
| 1943 | Wayne Allard, American Politician |
| 1942 | Bob E Smith, Sacramento California, PGA golfer, 1993 Yanase Cup |
| 1942 | Ted Bluechel, San Pedro California, rock vocalist and drummer, Association |
| 1941 | Paul C. W. Chu, China, physicist, superconductivity |
| 1941 | Tom McGuiness, rocker, McGuiness-Flint |
| 1940 | Gerry Cheevers, NHL goalie, Bruin, longest undefeated streak-32 games |
| 1940 | Willie Brown, NFL defensive back, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders |
| 1939 | Harry Reid, American Politician |
| 1937 | Brian Lumley, England, sci-fi author, Compleat Crow, Psychomech |
| 1936 | Peter Michael Braun, composer |
| 1935 | Jurg Wyttenbach, composer |
| 1931 | Edwin Meese III, prude, U.S. attorney General, 1985-88 |
| 1930 | Gary Becker, American Economist |
| 1929 | Harvey Phillips, Aurora Missouri, tubist, New York City Ballet Orchestra |
| 1929 | Jaap Boersma, Dutch minister for Social Affairs, ARP |
| 1929 | Lowell North, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, yachtsman, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1964 Olympics |
| 1925 | Julie Harris, Grosse Pt, Michigan, actress, Bell Jar, East of Eden |
| 1924 | Alexander Haig, Jr., Bala-Cynwyd, |
| 1924 | Jonathan Frid, actor, Barnabas Collins-Dark Shadows |
| 1924 | Alexander Haig, Pennsylvania, U.S. Secretary of State, 1981 - 1982, General |
| 1923 | Meshulam Riklis, husband of Pia Zadora |
| 1923 | Maria Callas, opera singer, Carmen |
| 1922 | Leo V Gordon, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War |
| 1922 | Henry Anatole Grunwald, Austrian Editor |
| 1920 | Robert Moevs, composer |
| 1919 | Michael Geoffrey Corcos, medical researcher |
| 1918 | Milton Delugg, born in Los Angeles, California, orchestra leader, Tonight Show |
| 1917 | Ezra Stone, U.S., actor/producer, Henry Aldrich |
| 1916 | Howard Finster, American Artist |
| 1915 | Adolph Green, songwriter, married to Phyllis Newman |
| 1915 | Nico Richter, composer |
| 1915 | Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher |
| 1914 | Eddie Sauter, Brooklyn, musician, Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue |
| 1914 | Ray Walston, Laurel MS, actor, My Favorite Martian |
| 1910 | Robert Paige, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, actor, Colgate Comedy Hour |
| 1908 | Robert F Simon, Mansfield, Ohio, actor, Man who shot Liberty Valance |
| 1908 | Rufe Davis, Oklahoma, actor, Cocoanut Grove, Trail Blazers, Gangs of Sonora |
| 1906 | Eric Dalton, cricketer, 2 centuries in 15 Tests for South Africa 1929-39 |
| 1906 | Peter Carl Goldmark, developed color TV and LP records |
| 1906 | Willy Ley, German Writer |
| 1905 | Osvaldo Pugliese, musician/composer |
| 1904 | Donald Woods, Brandon Manitoba, actor, Tammy |
| 1902 | Horace A. Hildreth, Gov-Maine, 1945-49 |
| 1902 | Miroslav Ponc, composer |
| 1901 | Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, Belgian composer |
| 1901 | Staff Nees, Flemish organist/composer, Simon Peter |
| 1899 | John Barbirolli, English conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 1897 | Rewi Alley, New Zealand, writer, Americans in China |
| 1896 | Georgi K Zjukov, marshal of Moskow/Stalingrad |
| 1895 | Klaas Voskuil, journalist |
| 1894 | Warren William, Krech, Aitkin, Minnesota, actor, Caesar in Cleopatra |
| 1893 | Julius Bissier, German painter |
| 1893 | Louis Freeman, band leader |
| 1893 | William Gaxton, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Destry, Convoy |
| 1892 | Leo Ornstein, composer |
| 1891 | Otto Dix, German Artist |
| 1885 | George Minot, U.S., physician, worked on anemia, Nobel 1934 |
| 1885 | Nikos Kazantazakis, Greece, writer, Zorba, Last Temptation of Christ |
| 1885 | George Richards Minot, American Scientist |
| 1884 | Ruth Draper, American Actress |
| 1875 | Frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor, King Kong, Son of Kong |
| 1870 | Francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist, composer and conductor |
| 1869 | Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher, Theory of the Dialects |
| 1868 | Francis Jammes, French poet and writer, Jammisme |
| 1866 | Henry Thacker Burleigh, Erie, Pennsylvania, black composer, Springarn Medal |
| 1863 | Gustav Wohlgemuth, composer |
| 1860 | C T Studd, cricketer, brother of G B, five Tests for England |
| 1859 | Georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist, Grande Jatte |
| 1856 | Robert Kajanus, composer |
| 1846 | Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Minister of Foreign affairs/premier |
| 1837 | Charles Garrison Harker, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1825 | JKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil, 1831-89 |
| 1821 | Rufus Barringer, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1813 | Jacob Rosenhaim, composer |
| 1802 | Melancthon Smith Wade, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1777 | Henry Doeff, colonialist, wrote Dutch-Japanese dictionary |
| 1760 | Joseph Graetz, composer |
| 1728 | Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat |
| 1678 | Nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer, drained Haarlemmermeer |
| 1578 | Agostino Agazzari, composer |
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