| 1979 | David Lopez, Queens, New York, actor, and God Created Women, Ghostwriter |
| 1978 | Jenny Frost, British Musician |
| 1977 | Melanie Schnell, Radstadt Austria, tennis star, 1994 semi Surabaya |
| 1975 | Charles O'Bannon, NBA guard, Detroit Pistons |
| 1975 | Drew Barrymore, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, ET, Firestarter, Poison Ivy |
| 1975 | Gregory Maddalone, Schenectady, New York, dance skater, & Demkowski |
| 1974 | Aaron Gavey, Sudbury, NHL center, Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 1974 | Kyoko Nagatsuka, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan, tennis star, 1996 Hobart |
| 1973 | James Christensen, NFL guard for the Atlanta Falcons |
| 1973 | Kate Sage, Australian field hockey forward 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Kimberly Davies, born in Melbourne, Australia, actress, Baywatch |
| 1973 | Ntala Skinner, Sun Valley Idaho, biathelete 1994 Olympics |
| 1972 | Christin Didier, Miss USA-Montana 1997 |
| 1972 | Michael Chang, born in Hoboken, New Jersey, tennis star, 1989 French Open |
| 1971 | Jose Solano, born in Inglewood, California, actor, played Manny Gutierrez on Baywatch, listed as '50 Most Beautiful People in the World' by YM Magazine, nominated for the ALMA Award |
| 1971 | Gilbert Brown, NFL defensive tackle, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 |
| 1971 | Jason Marshall, Cranbrook, NHL defenseman, Anaheim Mighty Ducks |
| 1971 | Lea Salonga, Philippines, singer and actress, Miss Siagon |
| 1971 | Lisa Fernandez, Lakewood California, softball pitcher, 1996 Olympics gold |
| 1971 | Max Lane, NFL tackle for the New England Patriots |
| 1971 | Mohammed Sylla, soccer player, Willem II, FC Martigues |
| 1971 | Rico Mack, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals |
| 1970 | Adam Keefe, born in Irvine, California, professional basketball player, power forward, played in the National Basketball Association with the Utah Jazz for nine years |
| 1970 | Dominic Roussel, Hull, NHL goalie, Winnipeg Jets |
| 1970 | Leo Stefan, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998 |
| 1969 | Kahryn Tough, Calgary Alberta, volleyball 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Leslie Spalding, Billings MT, golfer, Montana Women's Amat-90, 91 |
| 1969 | Mark Chmura, NFL tight end, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 |
| 1969 | Shawn Jefferson, NFL wide receiver, San Diego Chargers, New England Patriots |
| 1968 | Abeyratne Samarasekera, UAE cricket all-rounder, 1996 World Cup |
| 1968 | Jayson Williams, NBA center, New Jersey Nets |
| 1968 | Jeri Ryan, actress, 7 of 9-Star Trek Voyager |
| 1968 | Johanne Samarasekera, UAE cricket opening bowler, 96 World Cup |
| 1968 | Reggie Rivers, NFL running back for the Denver Broncos |
| 1967 | Marianne Ihalainen, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics |
| 1967 | Steve Broussard, NFL running back for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1966 | Brent Severyn, Vegreville, NHL defenseman for the New York Islanders |
| 1966 | Resga Riggins, Trussville Alabama, Miss Alabama-America 1991 |
| 1966 | Thorsten Kaye, soap actor, Patrick-One Life to Live, Silencers |
| 1965 | Chris Dudley, NBA center, New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1965 | Joe Reekie, Victoria, NHL defenseman for the Washington Capitals |
| 1965 | Pat LaFontaine, born in St. Louis, Missouri, NHL center, New York Islanders, New York Rangers |
| 1964 | Gigi Fernandez, Beatriz, San Juan PR, U.S. tennis star, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics |
| 1964 | Jim Wicek, New York City, actor, Ben-Ryan's Hope |
| 1963 | Dave Besteman, Madison Wis, speed skater 1994 Olympics |
| 1963 | Devon Malcolm, cricketer, in Jamaica England fast bowler 1989-95 |
| 1963 | Vijay Singh, Lautoka Fiji, PGA golfer, 1993 Buick Classic |
| 1962 | Lenda Murray, born in Detroit, Michigan, body builder, 4X Ms Olympia |
| 1962 | Lisa Jacquin, equestrian show jumper 1996 Olympics |
| 1962 | Steve Irwin, born in Essedon, Australia, wildlife expert, television personality, 'The Crocodile Hunter', wildlife documentary series, owned and operated Australia Zoo |
| 1961 | Debbie Linden, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, Kenny Everett Show |
| 1961 | Don Van Spall, guitarist, Sleeze Beez |
| 1961 | Marla O'Hara, Gardena California, WPVA volleyballer, Santa Cruz-3rd-1991 |
| 1961 | Mike Morris, NFL center for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1959 | Susan Benjamin, actress, Tracy-Accidental Family |
| 1958 | Kyle MacLachlan, Yakima, Washington, actor, Blue Velvet, Dune, Hidden |
| 1956 | Amy Alcott, born in Kansas City, Missouri, LPGA golfer, 1983 Nabisco Dinah Shore |
| 1955 | Tim Young, born in Ontario, Canada, athlete, former professional ice hockey center in the National Hockey League |
| 1952 | James Philip Bagian, Philadelphia, MDPE/astronaut, STS-29, STS-40 |
| 1952 | Wayne John Levi, Little Falls, New York, PGA golfer, 1983 Buick Open |
| 1952 | Bill Frist, born in Nashville, Tennessee, physician, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, U.S. Senate Majority Leader 2003 - 2007 |
| 1951 | Harley O. Staggers, Jr., born in Washington, D.C., Representative-D-West Virginia 1983 - 1993 |
| 1950 | Ellen Greene, born in Brooklyn, New York, vocalist/actress, Little Shoppe of Horrors |
| 1950 | Julie Walters, England, actress, Educating Rita, Prick Up Your Ears |
| 1950 | Julius Erving, ABA/NBA forward, Virg Squirers, New York Nets, Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1950 | Miou-Miou, Paris, France, actress, Dog Day, My Other Husband |
| 1950 | Sylvette Miou-Miou, Paris, France, actress, Bottom Line, Menage |
| 1950 | Julius Irving, born in Roosevelt, New York, basketball, helped legitimize the now-defunct American Basketball Association (ABA), inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame |
| 1949 | Leslie Charleson, Kansas City Missouri, actress, Monica-General Hospital |
| 1949 | Nikki Lauda, Austria, formula 1 auto racer, world champ 1975, 77, 84 |
| 1948 | Dennis Awtrey, NBA center, Chicago Bulls, Suns |
| 1947 | John Wiley Bryant, born in Lake Jackson, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1983 - 1997 |
| 1946 | Dan Millman, born in America, author, wrote, published 14 self-help books focusing on human potential, wrote 'The Life You Were Born to Live' |
| 1945 | Oliver, rock vocalist, Good Morning Starshine, Jean |
| 1944 | E J Peaker, Tulsa Oklahoma, actress, That's Life |
| 1944 | Jonathan Demme, born in Baldwin, New York, actor and director, Caged Heat, Swing Shift |
| 1944 | Ranjit Fernando, Sri Lankan cricket wicketkeeper, 1975 World Cup |
| 1944 | Tom Okker, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, tennis player, nickname, The Flying Dutchman, world's top doubles player, 1969, world's top ten singles player for 17 years |
| 1943 | David Skaggs, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Representative-D-Colorado 1987 - 1999 |
| 1943 | Dick Van Arsdale, NBA all-star, New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns |
| 1943 | Tom Van Arsdale, NBA all-star, Detroit, Cincinnati, KC-Omaha, Phil |
| 1943 | Terry Eagleton, English Critic |
| 1940 | Chet Walker, NBA all-star forward, Chicago Bulls |
| 1940 | Johnson P Mlambo, South African leader, Pan-African Congress |
| 1940 | Julian Chagrin, London, mime/actor, Golddiggers |
| 1939 | Steve Barber, pitcher, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees |
| 1938 | Bobby Hendricks, U.S. soul vocalist, Itchy Twitchy Feeling |
| 1938 | Ishmael Reed, U.S., author, Last Days of Louisiana Red |
| 1937 | Dubravko Detoni, composer |
| 1937 | Joanna Russ, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Female Man, Alyx |
| 1937 | Noel Murphy, British rugby player |
| 1937 | Samuel Whitbread, English brewer/multi-millionaire |
| 1937 | Tommy Aaron, Gainesville Georgia, PGA golfer, 1973 Masters |
| 1936 | Ernie K-Doe, Ernest Kador Jr, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, rocker |
| 1935 | Ineke Haas-Berger, Dutch MP, PvdA |
| 1934 | George "Sparky" Anderson, South Dakota, baseball manager, Reds, Tigers |
| 1934 | Thomas Paul, born in Chicago, Illinois, bass, New York City Opera 1963-70 |
| 1933 | Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley, England, Duchess of Kent |
| 1932 | Edward Kennedy, American Politician |
| 1930 | Allison Hayes, Washington, actress, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman |
| 1930 | JPS van Neerven, Dutch economist/editor, Limbourg Daily |
| 1929 | Marni Nixon, singer, for Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood and Deborah Kerr |
| 1929 | Ryne Duren, near-sighted pitcher, New York Yankees |
| 1928 | Bruce Forsyth, born in London, England, comedian/TV host, Generation Game |
| 1928 | Paul Dooley, Parkensburg, West Virginia, actor, 16 Candles, Strange Brew, Wedding |
| 1927 | David Ahlstrom, composer |
| 1927 | Donald May, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Adam-Edge of Night, Colt .45 |
| 1926 | Bud Yorkin, producer, All in the Family, 1959, 1960 Emmy |
| 1925 | Edward Gorey, Chicago, author/artist, Curious Sofa |
| 1925 | Gerard Hoffnung, Berlin Germany, artist/humorist/musician |
| 1925 | Guy Mitchell, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Red Garters, 3 Redheads from Seattle |
| 1925 | Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect |
| 1922 | Andre Asriel, born in Germany, composer, winner of 1951 National Prize for East Germany |
| 1922 | Felix Werder, composer |
| 1921 | Jean-Bedel Bokassa, dictator |
| 1920 | Bettina Vernon-Warren, dancer |
| 1920 | Del Wood, born in Nashville, Tennessee, given name Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood, singer, pianist, recorded for Tennessee Records label, performed on the Grand Ole Opry |
| 1920 | Giulietta Masina, Italy, actress, La Strada, Swindle, White Sheik |
| 1919 | Jiri Pauer, composer |
| 1918 | Charles O Finley, baseball team owner for the Oakland A's |
| 1918 | Don Pardo, Westfield Massachusetts, TV announcer, Jeopardy, SNL |
| 1918 | Robert Wadlow, Alton, Illinois, tallest known human, 2.72 m, 8' 11.1" |
| 1918 | Sid Abel, NHLer, 1948-49 Hart Trophy |
| 1917 | Harmen van Rossum, civil servant/resistance fighter, WW II |
| 1917 | Jack Robertson, cricketer, superb England batsman only played 11 Tests |
| 1917 | Jane Bowles, born in New York, New York, writer, playwright, wrote 'Two Serious Ladies', 'In The Summer House', works admired by Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, John Ashbery |
| 1915 | Dan Seymour, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, We the People, Sing It Again |
| 1915 | Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight boxing champ, 1947 fight of year |
| 1914 | Henry Reed, English Writer |
| 1910 | Al Sears, jazz performer |
| 1910 | Muriel Monkhouse, Red Cross worker |
| 1910 | Nicholas Monsarrat, Liverpool England, novelist |
| 1909 | Roderick Barclay, diplomat |
| 1908 | John Mills, England, actor, Big Sleep, King Rat, War and Peace |
| 1908 | Romulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela, 1945-48, 1958-64 |
| 1907 | Robert Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby MD |
| 1907 | Sheldon Leonard, New York City, actor and director, Danny Thomas Show, Big Eddie |
| 1906 | Edmund von Borck, composer |
| 1905 | Luis Sandi, composer |
| 1904 | Peter Hurd, Roswell, New Mexico, painter, Portrait of Jose Herrera |
| 1903 | Morley Callaghan, Canada, author, Toronto Star, Native Argosy |
| 1902 | Hanns Neupert, German piano builder/author, Das Klavichord |
| 1901 | Charles E Whittaker, Kansas, U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1957-62 |
| 1901 | Mildred Davis, Pennsylvania, actress, Grandma's Boy |
| 1901 | Stefan Lorant, born in Budapest, Hungary, writer, Hungarian-American filmmaker, photojournalist, made fourteen films in Vienna and Berlin, opposed to Adolph Hitler, imprisoned, wrote memoir 'I was Hitler's Prisoner' |
| 1900 | Evald Aav, born in Talinn, Estonia, composer, studied music with Artur Kapp, composed Estonian opera Vikerlased (The Vikings), modeled after Tchaikovsky's composition style |
| 1900 | Giorgios Seferis, Greece, poet, Nobel 1963 |
| 1900 | Luis Brunel, Calanda Spain, director, Tristana, Phantom of Liberty |
| 1900 | Sean O'Faolain, John Whelan, Ire, writer, Murder at Cobbler's Hulk |
| 1899 | Dwight Frye, Salina, Kansas, actor, Black Camel, Dracula, Frankenstein |
| 1898 | Anton de Kom, Surinam/Dutch worker's union leader/resistance fighter |
| 1896 | Edvin Wide, Sweden, 10K runner 1924 Olympics silver |
| 1896 | Enid Markey, born in Dillon, Colorado, actress, Aunt Violet-Bringing Up Buddy |
| 1896 | Nacio Herb Brown, U.S. composer |
| 1896 | Paul Van Ostaijen, Flemish poet/writer/critic, Occupied City |
| 1895 | Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, founder, Peruvian Aprista Party |
| 1894 | Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer |
| 1892 | David Dubinsky, labor leader, Freedom Award, 1969 Medal of Freedom |
| 1892 | Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet/dramatist, Harp Weaver-Pulitzer Prize |
| 1891 | Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer, Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium |
| 1891 | Lucien Cailliet, composer |
| 1889 | Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher, Roman Britain |
| 1889 | Robin G. Collingwood, English Philosopher |
| 1887 | Mary Ellen Chase, educator/author, Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award |
| 1886 | Hugo Ball, German playwright/co-founder Flametti |
| 1884 | Abraham "Abe" Attell, boxing hall of famer |
| 1883 | Alfred Wikenhauser, German RC exegetist, John-Apokalyps |
| 1883 | Jaroslav Kocian, composer |
| 1883 | Marguerite Clark, voice, Snow White |
| 1882 | Eric Gill, England, sculptor/engraver/typographer, Perpetua |
| 1879 | Johannes Bronsted, Danish physical chemist, acid-base reactions |
| 1877 | Yme C Schuitmaker, Dutch potato salesman/dramatist |
| 1874 | Bill Klem, American Athlete |
| 1873 | Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher |
| 1868 | Henri Polak, union leader/politician, soc-dem |
| 1865 | Otto Modersohn, German painter |
| 1864 | Jules Renard, France, writer, Poil de Carotte |
| 1857 | Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast and receive radio waves |
| 1857 | Robert Baden-Powell, founder, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides |
| 1852 | Pieter K Pel, internist, Pel-Ebstein fever |
| 1850 | Isaac L. Rice, Germany, namesake of Columbia University's Rice stadium |
| 1844 | Kazamierz Julian Kratzer, composer |
| 1843 | Affonso de Escragnolle Taunay, France/Brazil writer, Inocencia |
| 1843 | Horst Koehler, German Statesman |
| 1842 | Carl Rosa, Hamburg Germany, founder, Rosa opera company |
| 1842 | Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor, Ukkel |
| 1840 | F August Bebel, German social-democrat |
| 1840 | August Bebel, German Politician |
| 1838 | Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun |
| 1836 | Eduard Wachmann, composer |
| 1834 | Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer |
| 1833 | Josef Foerster, composer |
| 1828 | Robert Alexander Cameron, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1827 | James Barnet Fry, Major General Union Army |
| 1822 | Adolf Kuszmaul, German physician, stomach pump, Kuszmaul disease |
| 1821 | Giovanni Bottesini, composer |
| 1819 | Bernardo Calvo Puig, composer |
| 1819 | James Russell Lowell, poet and critic /diplomat/abolitionist |
| 1817 | Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist, composer and conductor |
| 1814 | Henryk Oskar Kolberg, composer |
| 1810 | Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer |
| 1810 | Holger Simon Paulli, composer |
| 1798 | Charles Mynn Thruston, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1797 | William I, Berlin, King of Prussia, 1861-88, German Emperor, 1871-88 |
| 1796 | Adolphe Quetelet, born in Belgium, mathematician, astronomer, and statistician |
| 1788 | Arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher, Great Pessimist |
| 1779 | Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer |
| 1778 | Rembrandt Peale, portrait/historical painter, Court of Death |
| 1773 | Matthijs I van Bree, Flemish, court, painter |
| 1772 | Joseph Lipavsky, composer |
| 1772 | Karl Jacob Wagner, composer |
| 1770 | Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer |
| 1764 | Alexander Campbell, composer |
| 1761 | Erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer |
| 1761 | Jacob Kimball, composer |
| 1749 | Johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist/1st biographer of Bach |
| 1748 | Timothy Dexter, American Businessman |
| 1745 | Joao de Sousa Carvalho, composer |
| 1732 | George Washington, born in Virginia, 1st President, 1789 - 1797 |
| 1705 | Peter Arctedius, Swedish biologist |
| 1684 | William Pulteney, London, statesman, Earl of Bath |
| 1634 | Petrus "Pieter" van Schooten, fortress architect |
| 1599 | Anthony Van Dyck, Antwerp Belgium, painter |
| 1573 | Gemignano Capilupi, composer |
| 1542 | Santino Garsi, composer |
| 1533 | Peter Bornemisza, Hungarian vicar/author/publisher, Tragoedia |
| 1514 | Tahmasp I, shah of Persia, 1524 - 1576, author, Tazkire-i Shah |
| 1440 | Ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia |
| 1403 | Charles VII, King of France, 1422-61, drove out English |
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