| 1991 | Nicholas Garland, son of Pamela Sue Martin |
| 1980 | Conor Oberst, born in Omaha, Nebraska, singer, songwriter, played with Bright Eyes band, Commander Venus, Park Ave, Monsters of Folk |
| 1979 | Kaj-Erik Eriksen, actor, Quarantine |
| 1976 | Brandon Boyd, born in Van Nuys, California, musician, artist, lead vocalist, member of Incubus rock band |
| 1974 | Erik Schulz, Port Huron, Michigan, pairs skater, & Ilana Goldfogel |
| 1974 | Jodie McMullen, Miss Universe-Australia/Miss Congeniality 1996 |
| 1974 | Tim Hall, running back for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1974 | Ugueth Urbina, Caracas Venezuela, pitcher for the Montreal Expos |
| 1973 | Amy Van Dyken, 50m/100m freestyle/100m butterfly swimmer, 2 Gold Medals 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Jaromir Jagr, Kladno, Czechoslovakia, NHL right wing, Penguins, Czechoslovakian, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics, Bronze Medal 2006 Olympics |
| 1972 | Lance Scott, NFL offensive linesman for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1971 | Barbara Failey-Herbert, South Africa, golfer, 1989 winner SA Champ |
| 1971 | Jim Butler, born in Iowa City, Iowa, table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Renee O'Connor, actress, Xena Warrior Princess |
| 1971 | Tyrone Legette, cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1970 | Gloria Trevi, Mexico, sexy spanish vocalist, A Gatas |
| 1970 | Nathaniel Mills, Evanston, Illinois, speed skater 1994 Olympics |
| 1970 | Tyrone Legette, NFL cornerback for the New Orleans Saints |
| 1969 | Brian Williams, Lancaster, South Carolina, pitcher, Detroit Tigers, Astros |
| 1969 | Edgar Bennett, NFL running back, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 |
| 1969 | Joshua Micah Marshall, American Politician |
| 1968 | Kurt Robin McKinney, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Ned-General Hospital |
| 1967 | Michael Easton, born in Long Beach, California, actor, appeared on television shows, Ally McBeal and The Practice, poet, author, wrote Soul Stealer |
| 1966 | Melido Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher, New York Yankees |
| 1965 | Craig Matthews, cricket pace bowler, South African Test |
| 1964 | Chris Farley, actor, SNL, Wayne's World, Coneheads |
| 1964 | Mark Price, born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, NBA guard, played for the Cleveland Caveliers, Washington Bullets, Orlando Magic |
| 1962 | [Babette] Renee Props, Oklahoma, actress, Elly Snyder-As the World Turns |
| 1960 | Darrell Green, NFL cornerback for the Washington Redskins |
| 1960 | Jeanne Goldsmith, born in Los Angeles, California, WPVA volleyballer, National-5th-1987 |
| 1960 | Mikey Craig, rock bassist, Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me |
| 1959 | Ali Campbell, British reggae vocalist and guitarist, UB40-Red Red Wine |
| 1959 | Guy De Alwis, cricket wicket-keeper, Sri Lankan mid 80s |
| 1959 | Joe Hesketh, U.S. baseball player for the Boston Red Sox |
| 1957 | Bienvenida Buck, Velencia Spain, lover of British Peter Harding |
| 1957 | Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat |
| 1957 | Jake E Lee, rocker, Badlands-Dreams in the Dark |
| 1956 | Desmond Haynes, cricket, WI opener-greatest batsman in 1-day history |
| 1956 | Hilda Beatriz "Hildita" Guevara, Cuba, daughter of "Che" Guevara |
| 1955 | Bev Francis, Australia, world women's power-lifting champion |
| 1955 | Clive Aslet, British editor, Country Life |
| 1954 | Matt Groening, cartoonist, Life in Hell, Simpsons |
| 1953 | Derek Conway, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Derek Leslie Conway, politician, Conservative Party, awarded Territorial Decoration, Member of Parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup |
| 1951 | Jane Seymour, Joyce Frankenberg, England, actress, Dr. Quinn |
| 1951 | Melissa Manchester, born in Bronx, New York, vocalist, Don't Cry Out Loud |
| 1950 | Donna Hanover Giuliani, TV news anchor, WPIX, wife of Mayor Giuliani |
| 1950 | Nikolai Sergeivich Grekov, Russia, cosmonaut |
| 1949 | Christopher Rouse, composer |
| 1949 | George Howard, born in England, George Beaumont William Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle, member of the Third Creation, Earls of Carlisle, 1661 |
| 1949 | Jess Walton, Michigan, actress, Jill Foster Abbott-Young and Restless |
| 1949 | Ken Anderson, NFL quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1948 | Ron "Penguin" Cey, born in Tacoma, Washington, 3rd baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 1948 | Art Spiegelman, American Artist |
| 1947 | Marisa Berenson, New York City, actress, Barry Lyndon, Death in Vienna, SOB |
| 1947 | Rusty Hamer, Tenafly, New Jersey, actor, Rusty-Make Room for Daddy |
| 1946 | Clare Short, born in Birmingham, England, politician, left wing, Secretary of State for Internal Development, supports legislating cannabis, critical of Israel |
| 1946 | John Greenway, British MP |
| 1945 | Douglas R Hofstadter, New York City, author, Godel, Escher, Bach |
| 1945 | Douglas Hofstadter, American Writer |
| 1944 | Aleksandr A. Serebrov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz T-7, T-8, TM-8, TM-17 |
| 1944 | Mick Avory, rock drummer, Kinks-Lola |
| 1944 | Tineke Netelenbos, Dutch MP, PvdA |
| 1941 | Brian Holland, U.S. pianist/producer, Holland/Dozier/Holland |
| 1941 | Dan Crompton, Nottinghamshire, Chief Constable |
| 1941 | Florinda Bolkan, Ceara Brazil, actress, Damned, Last Valley, Word |
| 1939 | Jo Clayton, U.S., sci-fi author, Irsud, Maeve, Star Hunters |
| 1939 | Ollie Ellefsater, Norway, 3K steeplechase, Olympics-1960 |
| 1939 | Tony Bloom, deputy CEO, Sketchley |
| 1938 | Jack Tinker, drama critic |
| 1938 | Lord Justice Ward, British judge |
| 1937 | P J Squire, British headmaster, Bedford Modern School |
| 1937 | Terry Everett, born in Dothan, Alabama, Representative-R-Alabama 1993 - 2009 |
| 1936 | Andrew Miller, British principal, Stirling U |
| 1935 | John R Block, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1981 - 1986 |
| 1935 | Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut |
| 1935 | Susan Brownmiller, Brooklyn, feminist author, Against Our Wills |
| 1935 | Roger B. Chaffee, Astronaut |
| 1934 | Niklaus Wirth, born in Switzerland, computer programmer and inventor, PASCAL |
| 1934 | Graham Kennedy, Australian Entertainer |
| 1933 | Adolfo, Cardones Cuba, fashion designer, Nancy Reagan |
| 1932 | Adrian Swire, British aircraft magnate, Cathay Pacific |
| 1931 | W K Reid, British ombudsman |
| 1931 | [Patricia] Claire Bloom, London, actress, Charly, Look Back in Anger |
| 1931 | Claire Bloom, British Actress |
| 1930 | C F Payne, Cleveland, British chief constable |
| 1929 | Gerald Harper, broadcaster/actor, Tunes of Glory, Extra Day |
| 1929 | Graham Hill, London, auto racer, 1962, 68 international racing champ |
| 1929 | James R. Schlesinger, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1973 - 1975 |
| 1927 | Frank Dunlop, director, Edinburgh International Festival |
| 1927 | Gottfrid Grasbeck, composer |
| 1927 | Harvey Korman, Chicago, actor, Carol Burnett Show, Blazing Saddles |
| 1927 | William Bentley, diplomat |
| 1923 | Justice Drake, British justice |
| 1923 | Keene Curtis, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Magician, Amanda's |
| 1923 | Yelena Bonner, Moscow, soviet disident/wife of Andre Sakharov |
| 1922 | Herman Kahn, New Jersey, writer, Thinking About the Unthinkable |
| 1920 | Ingmar Milveden, composer |
| 1920 | Richard O'Brien, CEO, Manpower Services Commission |
| 1918 | Alan Arbus, New York City, actor, Dr. Sidney Freedman-M*A*S*H |
| 1916 | Ian Ballantine, publisher, Ballantine Books |
| 1915 | Paul Ferris, British author |
| 1914 | Arthur Sydney Martin, spy catcher |
| 1914 | Kevin McCarthy, Seattle, actor, Invasion of Body Snatchers, Howling |
| 1914 | R. W. Woods, bishop, Worcester |
| 1913 | Willy Vandersteen, Belgian cartoonist, Suske and Wiske |
| 1912 | George Mikes, Hungary, British writer, How to Be an Alien |
| 1911 | Leonard Woodcock, labor leader, UAW |
| 1910 | 9th earl of Jersey, English large landowner/art collector |
| 1909 | Harold Beeley, British diplomat |
| 1908 | Sidney Gilliat, producer |
| 1908 | Ypk fan der Fear, Frisian writer, Reade Runen |
| 1907 | Cesar Romero, born in New York City, actor, Joker-Batman, Ocean's 11, Thin Man |
| 1907 | Jean Langlais, composer |
| 1906 | Stephen Brown, CEO, Stone-Platt Industries |
| 1905 | Harold Arlen, Hyman Arluck, U.S., composer, Over the Rainbow |
| 1904 | Antonin Magne, French bicyclist, Tour de France 1931, 34 |
| 1904 | Mary Adshead, muralist/painter |
| 1901 | Andre Parrot, French archaeologist/theologist, Assur |
| 1901 | Christmas Humphreys, England, lawyer/writer/Buddhist, Awakening of Zen |
| 1901 | Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter, Animisme |
| 1899 | Gale Sondergard, Litchfield, Minnesota, actress, Cat and Canary, Road to Rio |
| 1899 | Georges Auric, Lodve France, Composer |
| 1899 | Lillian Disney, Mrs. Walt Disney |
| 1898 | Ibuse Masuji, Japanese writer, Yohai Taicho, Kuroi Ame |
| 1898 | Toto, Antonio de Curtis, Naples Italy, actor, Motorizzate, Noi Duri |
| 1897 | Earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach, elected 1965 |
| 1896 | Arthur Shields, Dublin Ireland, actor, River, Enchanted Island |
| 1894 | Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman, 1st President of UN |
| 1893 | Harm H Kamerlingh Onnes, painter/etcher/ceramist |
| 1893 | Walter Donaldson, U.S. pianist/composer, Girl Crazy, Whoopee |
| 1892 | James Forrestal, U.S., banker/minister of Navy |
| 1890 | Robert Ley, German chemist/MP, NSDAP |
| 1887 | H M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist |
| 1886 | Sax Rohmer, England, author, Dr. Fu Manchu |
| 1885 | Richard Wurz, composer |
| 1882 | John Barrymore, Blythe, Philadelphia, actor, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| 1874 | Emilis Melngailis, composer |
| 1874 | Ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer, Endurance, Antarctica |
| 1866 | Bannister Fletcher, London, architect and architectural historian |
| 1861 | Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician/philosopher, Adv of Ideas |
| 1861 | Halford John Mackinder, Gainsborough Lincolnshire, geographer |
| 1858 | William Pickering, Boston, astronomer, 9th and 10th moons of Saturn |
| 1856 | Frank Harris, Galway England, writer |
| 1855 | Gustav Hollaender, composer |
| 1845 | Elihu Root, R, U.S. Secretary of State, 1905 - 1909, Nobel Peace Prize, 1912 |
| 1835 | Alexander Stuart Webb, Major General Union Army |
| 1834 | William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer |
| 1829 | Silas Weir Mitchell, U.S. physician/author, Roland Blake |
| 1828 | Johan H van Dale, schoolmaster, New Dutch Language Dictionary |
| 1826 | George J Stoney, Irish physicist |
| 1823 | Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton |
| 1822 | Theodor Uhlig, composer |
| 1821 | Abraham de Amorie van der de Have, theologist/poet |
| 1820 | Susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Massachusetts, woman's suffragette |
| 1820 | Susan B. Anthony, American Activist |
| 1819 | Christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor, typewriter |
| 1817 | Charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter |
| 1812 | Charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly, Connecticut, jeweler, Tiffany |
| 1811 | Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina, 1868-74 |
| 1809 | Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, Mechanical reaper |
| 1807 | Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer |
| 1803 | John Augustus Sutter, Swiss / U.S. colonist, New Helvetia, California, Sutter Mill |
| 1800 | Frederik W. Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer |
| 1797 | Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker, Steinway |
| 1795 | Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, 10 day campaign |
| 1789 | Friedrich Fesca, composer |
| 1785 | Claude Louis Marie Navier |
| 1783 | Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer |
| 1780 | Carel Asser, Dutch jurist |
| 1774 | W G Frederik, prince of Orange |
| 1768 | Jozef B. Cannaert, Flemish lawyer |
| 1766 | Thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer |
| 1764 | Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist, Danske V'rker |
| 1760 | Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer |
| 1759 | Friedrich A. Wolfius, Wolf, German philological, Prolegomena |
| 1748 | Jeremy Bentham, London, England philosopher/originator, Utilitarian |
| 1740 | Ernst Eichner, composer |
| 1726 | Abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence |
| 1710 | Louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France, 1715-74 |
| 1707 | Claude Prosper, Paris, France, novelist |
| 1705 | Charles A. Vanloo, French painter |
| 1666 | Antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist, eardrums, glottis |
| 1660 | Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/dean of artisans |
| 1650 | Anne Jules duke de Noailles, marshal of France, hugenot |
| 1620 | Francois Charpentier, French scholar/archaeologist |
| 1571 | Michael Praetorius, Kreuzberg Germany, composer, Syntagma music |
| 1564 | Galileo Galilei, born in Pisa, Italy, astronomer and physicist |
| 1557 | Alfonso Fontanelli, composer |
| 1524 | Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims |
| 1519 | Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer, found St. Augustine Florida |
| 1497 | Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant |
| 1483 | Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India 1526 - 1530 |
| 1368 | Sigismund, Nurnberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor, 1410-37 |
| 37 | Claudius Drusus Germanicus Caesar Nero, emperor of Rome, 54-68 |
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