| 1986 | Amedeo, Belgium, son of princess Astrid/arch duke Lorenz |
| 1986 | Charlotte Church, born in Cardiff, Wales, singer, songwriter, actress, classical crossover singer, host of 'The Charlotte Church Show', worth $20 million pounds |
| 1976 | Robin Confer, soccer forward 1996 Olympics |
| 1976 | Ryan Smyth, Banff, NHL left wing for the Edmonton Oilers |
| 1975 | Scott Miller, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer, 1996 Olympics silver |
| 1975 | Troy Slaten, actor, Jerry-Parker Lewis Can't Lose |
| 1974 | Alexei Lojkin, NHL forward, Belarus, 1998 Olympics |
| 1974 | Rohsaan Griffin, Texas City Texas, 200m runner |
| 1973 | Brian Rolston, Flint, NHL left wing, Olympics-1994, New Jersey Devils |
| 1973 | Les Gutches, Medford Oregon, 180 lbs freestyle wrestler, 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Justin Sane, American Musician |
| 1972 | Karl DeWolf, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 |
| 1971 | Arco Jochemsen, Dutch soccer player, SVDB, Vitesse |
| 1971 | Jeff Schmidt, U.S. baseball pitcher for the California Angels |
| 1971 | Jey Phillips, WLAF safety for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1971 | Terry Mickens, NFL wide reciever, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 |
| 1970 | Javier De La Hoya, Mexican/U.S. baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins |
| 1970 | Marc Woodard, NFL linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1970 | Michael Slater, cricketer, devastating Australia opening bat since 1993 |
| 1970 | Patrick Pilloni, hockey forward, Team Austria 1998 |
| 1970 | Will Moore, NFL wide receiver, New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1969 | Dean Noel, CFL full back for the Hamilton Tiger Cats |
| 1969 | Petra Kronberger, Austrian alpine skiier 1992 Olympics gold |
| 1968 | Pellom McDaniels, NFL defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1968 | Terry Allen, NFL running back, Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins |
| 1967 | Leroy Russel Burrell, Philadelphia, long jumper 1996 Olympics |
| 1967 | Patrick Lodewijks, Dutch soccer player, PSV, FC Groningen |
| 1966 | Bronwen Booth, London, actress, Andy-One Life to Live, Eternal Evil |
| 1966 | Chris Donnels, U.S. baseball infielder for the Houston Astros |
| 1966 | Edie Boyer, St. Paul, Minnesota, discus thrower |
| 1966 | Wendy James, born in London, England, vocalist, Transvision Vamp-Velveteen |
| 1965 | Jayson Meyer, Regina Saskatchewan, hockey defenseman, Team Germany |
| 1965 | Keith Arthurton, cricketer, Charlestown, Nevis WI lefty bat |
| 1964 | Alana Soares, born in Redondo Beach, California, playmate, Mar, 1983 |
| 1964 | Mark E Kelly, Orange, New Jersey, Lt USN/astronaut |
| 1964 | Scott J Kelly, Orange, New Jersey, Lt USN/astronaut |
| 1964 | Willie Pless, CFL linebacker for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1963 | Greg Turner, Dunedin New Zealand, Australasia golfer |
| 1963 | Michael Gostigian, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, pentathelete, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1963 | Billy Baldwin, American Designer |
| 1962 | David Foster Wallace, born in New York, author, novelist, short story and literary fiction writer |
| 1961 | Christopher Atkins, Rye, New York, actor, Peter-Dallas, Blue Lagoon |
| 1961 | Ranking Roger, rock vocalist, English Beat-Drowning |
| 1961 | Yobes Ondieki, Kenya, 10K runner, world record |
| 1961 | Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist |
| 1958 | Alan Trammell, Garden Grove California, infielder for the Detroit Tigers |
| 1958 | Jack Coleman, Easton, Pennsylvania, actor, Steven Carrington-Dynasty |
| 1958 | Jake Steinfeld, exercise expert, Body by Jake |
| 1958 | Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Princeton, New Jersey, country vocalist, This Shirt |
| 1956 | Woody Brown, Dayton Ohio, actor, Cliff-Facts of Life |
| 1954 | Ivo van Damme, Belgium, 800/1500m dash 1976 Olympics silver |
| 1953 | Christine Ebersole, Park Forest, Illinois, actress, SNL, Valerie, Tootsie |
| 1953 | William L Petersen, actor, Return to Lonesome Dove |
| 1953 | William Petersen, American Actor |
| 1952 | Jean-Jacques Brunel, rock bassist, Stranglers-Dreamtime |
| 1951 | John Parker, cricketer, New Zealand batsman of 70s |
| 1951 | Michael Cotten, rock synthesizer, Tubes |
| 1951 | Vince Welnick, rock keyboardist, Tubes |
| 1949 | Jerry Harrison, Milwaukee, rock keyboardist, Talking Heads |
| 1948 | Larry Ragland, Richmond, Virginia, comedian, Keep on Truckin' |
| 1947 | Olympia J. Snowe, born in Augusta, Maine, Representative-R-Maine 1979 - 1995, Senator-R-Maine 1995 - |
| 1947 | Olympia Snowe, American Politician |
| 1946 | Alan Rickman, actor, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves |
| 1946 | Desmond Lewis, WI cricket batsman/keeper, avg 86.33 in 3 Tests |
| 1946 | Tricia Nixon Cox, Richard Milhaus' daughter, or 0202 |
| 1946 | Tyne Daly, born in Madison, Wisconsin, actress, Cagney and Lacey, Angel Unchained |
| 1946 | Anthony Daniels, English Actor |
| 1945 | Paul Newton, rock bassist |
| 1945 | Sudhir Naik, cricketer, Indian Test batsman in 2 Tests 1974 |
| 1944 | Herman de Coninck, Flemish writer/poet, Impossible Work |
| 1944 | Kitty Winn, Washington D.C., actress, Beacon Hill |
| 1943 | David Geffin, born in Brooklyn, New York, record producer, Geffin, Asylum |
| 1943 | Duncan Swift, jazz pianist |
| 1943 | Roberto Faenza, director, Cop Killers, Corrupt |
| 1943 | David Geffen, American Businessman |
| 1942 | Margarethe Von Trotta, Berlin Germany, actress/director, Marianne |
| 1941 | Charlie Shelburne, English earl/large landowner |
| 1940 | John Lewis, born in Troy, Alabama, Representative-D-Georgia 1987 - |
| 1940 | Peter McEnery, England, actor, Game is Over, Moonspinners |
| 1939 | Richard Beymer, Avoca, Iowa, actor, West Side Story, Diary of Anne Frank |
| 1939 | Ron Nagle, rock producer, Riding with the King |
| 1938 | Beryl Anthony, Jr., born in El Dorado, Arkansas, Representative-D-California 1979 - 1993 |
| 1937 | Gary Lockwood, born in Van Nuys, California, actor, 2001, Survival Zone, Lieutenant |
| 1937 | Ron Clarke, Australia, runner, held 19 world records |
| 1937 | Jilly Cooper, British Author |
| 1936 | Barbara Jordan, born in Houston, Texas, Representative-D-Texas, 1972 - 1978 |
| 1935 | Mark McManus, actor, Taggart, Nightstick, 2000 Weeks, 12th Night |
| 1934 | Rue McClanahan, Healdton Oklahoma, actress, Maude, Golden Girls |
| 1933 | Nina Simone, born in Tyron, North Carolina, vocalist/pianist, Porgy |
| 1932 | Harald V, King of Norway, 1991- |
| 1927 | Erma Bombeck, born in Dayton, Ohio, humorist, Grass is Always Greener... |
| 1927 | Hubert de Givenchy, Beauvais France, fashion designer, Audrey Hepburn |
| 1927 | Pierre Mercure, composer |
| 1926 | Hans Andreus, Johan W van der Zant, Dutch poet, Animal Language |
| 1925 | Al Fann, Cleveland, actor, Alvin-He's the Mayor |
| 1925 | Jack Ramsay, NBA coach |
| 1925 | Sam Peckinpah, born in Fresno, California, film director, Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs |
| 1924 | Robert G Mugabe, premier/president of Zimbabwe |
| 1923 | Lola Flores, entertainer |
| 1923 | Lucille Bremer, dancer/actress, Ruthless, Ziegfeld Follies |
| 1922 | Murray "the K" Kaufman, New York City DJ, 5th Beatle |
| 1921 | John Rawls, American Educator |
| 1917 | Victor G M Marijnen, Dutch premier, 1963-65 |
| 1915 | Ann Sheridan, Denton Texas, actress, Dodge City, Another World |
| 1915 | Godfrey Brown, England, 4 x 400m runner 1936 Olympics gold |
| 1914 | Arnold S Denker, New York, U.S. chess champion, 1944-46 |
| 1914 | Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder, Dutch journalist, Parool/VARA |
| 1913 | Glenn M. Anderson, born in Hawthorne, California, Representative-D-California 1969 - 1993 |
| 1912 | Arline Judge, actress, Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent |
| 1912 | Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, Arkadia 598-Schubert |
| 1912 | Patrick Murphy, English multi-millionaire |
| 1910 | Douglas R S Bader, British pilot, WW II |
| 1909 | George G F van Renesse, Dutch pianist/music director |
| 1909 | Hans Erni, born in Switzerland, painter and sculptor |
| 1909 | Helen O Dickens, Henderson, U.S. physician/gynaecologist |
| 1907 | W. H. Auden, U.S., poet, Age of Anxiety-Pulitzer 1948 |
| 1904 | Armand Preud'homme, Flemish organist/poet |
| 1903 | Anais Nin, born in Paris, novelist, Winter of Artifice, House of Incense |
| 1903 | Madeleine Renaud, Paris, France, actress, Helene, Longest Day |
| 1903 | Raymond Queneau, M Presle, French author, Un Enfant a Dit |
| 1903 | Thomas Yawkey, baseball owner for the Boston Red Sox |
| 1903 | Fairfax Cone, American Businessman |
| 1902 | Arthur D Nock, English/U.S. historian, St. Paul |
| 1900 | Madeleine Renaud, French actress/theater director, Plaisir |
| 1900 | Sydney Arnold, English comic/actor, Miss Jones and Son |
| 1898 | Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet dancers/choreographer, Gayaneh |
| 1897 | Celia Lovsky, Vienna Aus, actress, Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek |
| 1896 | Sylvain Poons, Dutch cabaret performer, Blue Jackets |
| 1893 | Andres Segovia, Linares Spain, classical guitarist |
| 1893 | Vsevolod Pudovkin, Soviet film director/theorist, Mother, Deserter |
| 1892 | Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet/writer/feminist |
| 1892 | Harry Stack Sullivan, American Psychologist |
| 1889 | Felix Aylmer, actor, Anastasia, Hamlet, Iron Duke, Macbeth, St. Joan |
| 1888 | Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist, Religious Build Up |
| 1887 | Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player |
| 1885 | Sacha Guitry, France, actor and playwright, Story of a Cheat |
| 1883 | J M M "Mick" Commaille, cricketer, dual South African cricket/soccer rep |
| 1881 | Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player |
| 1880 | Frank Orth, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor, Boston Blackie, Brothers |
| 1878 | Fritz Cortolezis, composer |
| 1877 | Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist |
| 1876 | Constantin Brancusi, Romanian/French sculptor, Princesse X |
| 1875 | Jeanne Louise Calment, France, world's oldest woman, died at 122 |
| 1867 | Otto Hermann Kahn, Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co |
| 1861 | Pierre Breville, composer |
| 1857 | Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium, 1907 |
| 1856 | Hendrik P Berlage, architect, Stock exchange Amsterdam |
| 1855 | Alice Freeman Palmer, educator, Hall of Fame |
| 1852 | [James] Burner Matthews, U.S. playwright/critic, New York Times |
| 1844 | Charles-Marie Widor, Lyons France, composer and professor, Paris Conservatory |
| 1837 | Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer, Canteres Gallegos, Follas Novas |
| 1836 | Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer |
| 1836 | Emil Hartmann, composer |
| 1836 | Leo Delibes, Saint-Germain-du-Val France, ballet composer, Coppelia |
| 1831 | Eduard Rappoldi, composer |
| 1829 | Johnson Hagood, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1821 | Charles Scribner, U.S., music publisher, Scribner Catalog |
| 1817 | Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Vallodolid Spain, poet/dramatist, El rey Loco |
| 1815 | Ernest Meissonier, French painter/sculptor |
| 1814 | Nicolo Gabrielli, composer |
| 1805 | David Tod, U.S. diplomat, Gov-R-Ohio, 1861-63 |
| 1802 | George Douglas Ramsey, Major general Union Army |
| 1801 | Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer |
| 1801 | John Henry Newman, England, cardinal/author, Dream of Gerontius |
| 1800 | John Henry Winder, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1795 | Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer |
| 1794 | Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, president of Mexico, 1833-36 |
| 1785 | Karl A. Varnhagen von Ense, German officer/author, Die Sterner |
| 1779 | Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer |
| 1776 | Vincenzo Lavigna, composer |
| 1755 | Anne Grant, Scottish Poet |
| 1744 | Eise J Eisinga, Frisia, built planetarium Franeker |
| 1730 | Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter |
| 1728 | Peter III, Kiel Germany, Russian tsar, 1762, husband of Catherine |
| 1710 | Willem van Haren, Frisian nobleman/poet, Human Life |
| 1690 | Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer |
| 1684 | Justus van Effen, writer/founder, Holland Spectator |
| 1674 | Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer |
| 1556 | Sethus Calvisius, composer |
| 1484 | Joachim I Nestor, elector, Brandenburg, Constitution |
| 1417 | Louis IX, Duke of Bayern, University of Ingolstadt |
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