| 1977 | Kate Nelson, Evanston, Illinois, rhythmic gymnast 1996 Olympics |
| 1975 | Heather O'Rourke, born in San Diego, California, actress, Happy Days, Poltergeist |
| 1975 | Patrick Paauwe, Dutch soccer player, PSV, Graafschap |
| 1973 | Bill Clay, Yokosuka Japan, U.S. sprint cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Wilson Cruz, actor, My So Called Life, Ally McBeal |
| 1972 | Charles Way, NFL fullback for the New York Giants |
| 1972 | Dewayne Washington, NFL cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1972 | Thomas Wilson Brown, actor, Jason-Knots Landing |
| 1971 | Bryan Smolinski, born in Toledo, Ohio, NHL forward, Team USA, Pitts Penguins |
| 1971 | James Stewart, NFL running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1970 | Frank Messmer, WLAF defensive end for the Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1970 | Lorenzo Neal, NFL fullback, NO Saints, New York Jets |
| 1970 | Mike Salmon, NFL/WLAF safety, Houston Oilers, Rhein Fire, San Francisco 49ers |
| 1970 | Steve Hoyem, WLAF offensive tackle for the Rhein Fire |
| 1969 | Chris Humbert, Modesto California, water polo 2m offense 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Suzanne Paxton, born in Baltimore, Maryland, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Sarah Vowell, American Author |
| 1968 | Dean Palmer, Tallahassee, Florida, infielder for the Texas Rangers |
| 1967 | Niels Meijer, Dutch rock keyboardist, Bob Color |
| 1966 | Bill Goldberg, American Athlete |
| 1965 | Gamini Wickremasinghe, cricketer, Sri Lanka wicket-keeper |
| 1964 | David Tikolo, Kenyan cricket batsman, 1996 World Cup |
| 1964 | Randy Kirk, NFL outside linebacker, AZ Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers |
| 1964 | Steve Wallace, NFL tackle, San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1964 | Kevin Patterson, Canadian Writer |
| 1963 | Dana Chladek, Decin Czechoslovakia, U.S. slalom Kayak, Olympics-br/silver-92, 96 |
| 1963 | Jim Leyritz, Lakewood, Ohio, catcher, New York Yankees |
| 1963 | Mark Pike, NFL defensive end for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1962 | Barbara Crampton, Levittown, New York, actress, Body Double, Young and Restless |
| 1962 | Sherri Steinhauer, Madison WI, LPGA golfer, 1992 du Maurier Ltd |
| 1962 | Timothy Hacker, Milwaukee Wisconsin, 10k runner |
| 1961 | Caroline Gowan, Greenville, South Carolina, LPGA golfer, South Carolina Women's Amat-1981, 83 |
| 1960 | Maryam D'Abo, London, actress, Living Daylights, Xtro, Until Sept |
| 1960 | Terry Price, Rockhampton QLD, Australasia golfer |
| 1959 | Andre Tippett, NFL linebacker for the New England Patriots |
| 1959 | Mary Holland, born in San Diego, California, WPVA volleyballer |
| 1958 | Steven Glen Jones, Artesia, New Mexico, PGA golfer, 1988 AT&T Pebble Beach |
| 1957 | Connie Chillemi, Eglin AFB, Florida, golfer, 1994 Standard Register-13th |
| 1957 | James Sanford, U.S. runner, world record 50m indoor |
| 1956 | Doina Melinte, Romanian running star, world record 1500 m/mile indoor |
| 1956 | Karen Hughes, American Politician |
| 1953 | Arthur Kent, newscaster [Scud Stud], NBC-Gulf War coverage |
| 1953 | Kevin Wright, cricketer, Australian wicket-keeper 1979 |
| 1952 | Karla Bonoff, rock singer, New World, Restless Nights |
| 1952 | David Knopfler, British Musician |
| 1951 | William Waldorf 4th viscount Astor/English large landowner |
| 1950 | Terry Bozzio, rock drummer, Missing Persons-Hello I Love You |
| 1948 | Gerard Depardieu, France, actor, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, Danton |
| 1948 | Larry Byrom, rocker, Steppenwolf-Hour of the World |
| 1948 | Tovah Feldshuh, New York City, actress, Idolmaker, Terror out of the Sky |
| 1947 | Peter Criss, rocker, Kiss-Beth |
| 1946 | Janet Street-Porter, British TV personality, Youth |
| 1946 | Polly Toynbee, English Journalist |
| 1944 | Mick Jones, rock guitarist, Foreigner-Want to Know What Love is |
| 1944 | Tracy Nelson, Madison Wisconsin, singer and actress, Square Pegs |
| 1944 | Bob Brown, Australian Politician |
| 1943 | Cokie Roberts, newscaster, ABC-TV |
| 1943 | Dave Rowberry, Newcastle, rocker, Animals |
| 1942 | Mike Heron, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, born James Michael Heron, singer, songwriter, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, member of The Incredible String Band |
| 1942 | Thomas Menino, American Politician |
| 1941 | Leslie Maguire, rocker, Gerry and Pacemakers-Ferry Crossed the Mersey |
| 1941 | Michael Pinder, rocker, Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin |
| 1940 | Jerry Lambert, jockey, rode Native Diver |
| 1939 | John Amos, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Good Times, Coming to America |
| 1936 | Phil Sharpe, cricketer, England middle order batsman during 60's |
| 1935 | Norma Rae Beatty Ashby, broadcaster/TV producer |
| 1934 | Larissa Latynina, Ukraine, gymnast, Gold Medals 1956, 1960, 1964 Olympics |
| 1931 | Scotty Moore, guitarist, for Elvis |
| 1930 | Jacqueline Fontijn, Flemish composer |
| 1930 | Meg Greenfield, U.S. politician |
| 1930 | Wilfrid Sheed, England, writer, Boys of Winter, Hack |
| 1926 | Jerome Courtland, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actor, Tonka, Tharus |
| 1925 | Michel Piccoli, Paris, France, actor, Topaz, Peril, May Fools |
| 1924 | James A. McClure, born in Payette, Idaho, Senator-R-Idaho 1973 - 1991, Representative-R-Idaho 1967 - 1973 |
| 1924 | Mokta Ould Daddah, president Mauritania, 1961-78 |
| 1924 | Wouter Eijkelemboom, Dutch architect, Holy-hospital, Vlaardingen |
| 1922 | Larry Osborne, navigator air traffic controller/supply specialist |
| 1917 | Earl of Inchcape, English large landowner/industrialist, P&O |
| 1915 | Mary Kornman, Idaho Falls ID, actress, Queen of the Jungle |
| 1915 | William Howell Masters, sex author/physician |
| 1914 | Giuseppe Berto, Italian writer, Heaven Sees Red |
| 1914 | Ivan Sutton, British concert promoter |
| 1911 | Anna Russell, born in London, England, possibly born in London, Ontario, birth name Maida Vale, Anna Claudia Russell-Brown, composer, singer, comedian, recording artist |
| 1910 | Jack Massey, groundsman |
| 1910 | Neville Crump, racehorse trainer |
| 1910 | Charles Olson, American Poet |
| 1909 | Johan[nes B] Schmitz, Dutch actor/reciter, Lucifer, MacBeth |
| 1908 | Louis JHCA de Bourbon, Dutch writer/poet, Black Banners |
| 1907 | Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher |
| 1907 | Jan Willem van Otterloo, Dutch composer |
| 1907 | Nils-Eric Ringbom, composer |
| 1907 | Willem Van Otterloo, Winterwijk Holland, conductor, Melbourne 1967-71 |
| 1906 | Ivan Brkanovic, composer |
| 1906 | Ivan Mark Waller, mountaineer |
| 1906 | Oscar Levant, Pittsburgh, actor, American in Paris, Dance of Life |
| 1902 | Ferenc Szabo, composer |
| 1901 | Irene Handl, born in London, England, actress, Riding High, Morgan |
| 1901 | Marlene Dietrich, Berlin Germany, singer and actress, Blue Angel |
| 1899 | Paul Costello, U.S., double sculls, Gold Medals 1920, 1924, 1928 Olympics |
| 1897 | Iwan S. Konew, Russian marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw |
| 1896 | Arch Ward, sportswriter, proposed baseball's all-star game |
| 1896 | Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/U.S. playwright |
| 1896 | Ewan Calague, economist/statistician, Social Security Board |
| 1896 | Louis Bromfield, Mansfield Ohio, writer, Early Autumn, Pulitzer-1926 |
| 1895 | Sig Arno, Hamburg, Germany, actor, Holiday in Havana |
| 1892 | Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer |
| 1890 | Maurice Schoemaker, composer |
| 1884 | Bernard van Dieren, composer |
| 1879 | Robert Greig, Australia, actor, Horse Feathers |
| 1879 | Sydney Greenstreet, born in Sandwich, England, actor, Maltese Falcon |
| 1869 | Aurelien FM Lugne-Poe, French actor/stage manager, La Parade |
| 1859 | William Henry Hadow, composer |
| 1856 | Andre Gedalge, composer |
| 1855 | Paul Ehrenreich, German etnologist/mythologist |
| 1852 | Dom Joao G da Camara, Portuguese journalist/songwriter |
| 1845 | Augusto de Oliviera Machado, composer |
| 1836 | Henricus Oort, Dutch theologist, Leidse translation |
| 1831 | Lucius Fairchild, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1829 | James Clay Rice, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1825 | Reinhold Finsterbusch, composer |
| 1822 | John Roberts, composer |
| 1822 | Louis Pasteur, Dole France, bacteriologist, pasturization |
| 1816 | Eliakim Parker Scammon, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1814 | James Henry Carleton, Major General Union Army |
| 1803 | John ACA van Nispen Sevenaer, Member of Dutch 2nd parliament, 1848-75 |
| 1802 | Thomas Fearnley, Norway, landscape painter |
| 1801 | Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies, 1848-49 |
| 1800 | John Goss, born in Fareham, England, composer, organist, wrote hymn 'Praise my Soul, the King of Heaven' |
| 1773 | George Cayley, England, found science of aerodynamics |
| 1761 | Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Scot/Russian minister of War |
| 1755 | Antons Klemens Theodor, king of Saksen, 1827-36 |
| 1752 | Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer |
| 1748 | William Marshall, composer |
| 1727 | Arthur Murphy, Irish Writer |
| 1721 | Franciscus "French" Hemsterhuis, Frisian philosopher |
| 1709 | Pieter de Swart, Dutch architect, Royal Palace, Hague |
| 1654 | Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician |
| 1645 | Giovanni Adb Viscardi, Swiss architect, baptized |
| 1571 | Johann Kepler, born in Wurttemberg, Germany, astronomer, elliptical orbits |
| 1571 | Johannes Kepler, German Scientist |
| 1555 | Johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist |
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