| 1981 | Lleyton Hewitt, born in Adelaide, South Australia, professional tennis player, youngest male ever ranked number one in the World, at age 20 |
| 1977 | Alexis Jose Grullon, New York City, vocalist, Menudo-Cannonball |
| 1977 | Floyd Mayweather, Grand Rapids, Michigan, featherweight boxer, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Jeremy Laster, Fullerton California, water polo driver 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Simeon Rice, defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1974 | Chad Hugo, American Musician |
| 1973 | Alexei Kovalev, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing for the New York Rangers |
| 1973 | Harold Morrow, full back for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1973 | James Michael Kennedy, Boston, rocker, 4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys |
| 1973 | Kavis Reed, CFL defensive back for the Edmonton Eskimos |
| 1972 | Larry Amar, Camarillo California, field hockey midfielder/captain 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Manon Rheaume, Lac Beauport Quebec, 1st female NHLer, Tampa Bay |
| 1972 | Patricia Regan Leines, Medford Or, Miss America, Oregon-3rd-1997 |
| 1972 | Ron Davis, NFL cornerback, Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 |
| 1971 | Brian Savage, Sudbury, NHL left wing, Montreal Canadiens |
| 1970 | Jeff Garcia, CFL quarterback for the Calgary Stampeders |
| 1970 | Jonathan Ward, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Doug-Charles in Charge, Beans Baxter |
| 1970 | Wilson Alvarez, Maracaibo Venezuela, pitcher, Chicago White Sox |
| 1968 | John Velddman, soccer player, Sparta |
| 1968 | Kendall Cross, born in Hardin, Montana, 125 lbs freestyle wrestler, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics |
| 1968 | Vaughn Booker, NFL defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1968 | Mitch Hedberg, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, comedian, appeared on television show, 'The Late Show with David Letterman' and film, 'Lords of Dogtown' |
| 1966 | Billy Zane, actor, Orlando, Memphis Belle, Millions, Titanic |
| 1966 | Rene Arocha, Cubans/US baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1965 | Kristin Davis, actress, Melrose Place |
| 1965 | Paul Gruber, NFL tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1963 | Fuad Reveiz, NFL kicker for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1963 | Matias Carrillo, Mexican/U.S. baseball outfielder for the Florida Marlins |
| 1962 | Michelle Shocked, born in Dallas, Texas, singer, songwriter, political activist, created label, Mighty Sound, song 'When I Grow Up' featured in an ad for Kaiser Permanente |
| 1962 | Chris Chocola, American Politician |
| 1961 | Janice Gibson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, LPGA golfer, 1994 Youngstown-Warren-15th |
| 1961 | Persijn "Dakota" Joling, Dutch rock guitarist/singer, Pilgrims-Red |
| 1961 | Ruud Really, soccer player, Feyenoord |
| 1959 | Beth Broderick, Falmouth, Kentucky, actress, Aunt Zelda-Sabrina |
| 1959 | Michael Roy Whitney, cricket, great NSW and Aussie lefty quick 1981-92 |
| 1958 | Sammy Kershaw, Kaplan, Louisiana, country vocalist, Cadillac Style |
| 1958 | Susan Scannell, Lexington Massachusetts, actress, Nicole-Dynasty |
| 1957 | Phil McConkey, NFL wide receiver for the New York Giants |
| 1956 | Eddie Murray, born in Los Angeles, California, 1st baseman, Orioles, Dodgers, Cleveland Indians |
| 1956 | Paula Zahn, born in Napperville, Illinois, news anchor, ABC, CBS This Morning |
| 1956 | Judith Butler, born in Cleveland, Ohio, philosopher, professor, U of C, Berkeley, specialty, post-structuralism, Ph. D. Yale University, areas of study include feminist theory, Jewish philosophy, ethics, sexuality, developed idea of sex and gender as social construction |
| 1955 | Bob Abrams, Ohio, rocker, Buckinghams |
| 1955 | Steve Jobs, co-founder, Apple Computer |
| 1954 | Constantine Phipps, born in England, Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, sold Warter Priory estate in 1998 for 48 million pounds, leases Mulgrave Castle to supermodel Elle MacPherson |
| 1952 | Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner |
| 1952 | Tom Burleson, USA, basketball, tallest Olympian-7'4", Silver Medal 1972 Olympics |
| 1951 | Derek Randall, cricketer, England batsman and animated cover fieldsman |
| 1951 | Helen Shaver, Ontario Canada, actress, WIOU, Praise of Older Women |
| 1950 | G J M Gazdar, computational linguist |
| 1950 | George Thorogood, American Musician |
| 1949 | John Lever, cricketer, England lefty quick in 21 Tests 1976-81 |
| 1948 | Dennis "Minder" Waterman, born in London, England, actor, Fair Exchange |
| 1948 | Peter Mond, born in England, 4th Baron Melchett, Lord Melchett, heir to Sir Alfred Mond's fortune, Labor Party whip, researched cannabis addition, Greenpeace activist |
| 1948 | Lorri Menconi, playmate, February 1969 |
| 1948 | Walter Smith, Scottish Athlete |
| 1947 | Edward James Olmos, Cal, actor, Miami Vice, Stand and Deliver, Triumph |
| 1947 | Lonnie Turner, bassist/vocalist, Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra |
| 1947 | Rubert Holmes, Tenafly, New Jersey, vocalist, Pina Colada song |
| 1946 | Anthony Mayer, chief executive, Housing Corporation |
| 1946 | Michael Radford, director, 1984, White Mischief |
| 1946 | Jerry Nachman, American Journalist |
| 1945 | Alain Prost, formula-1 racer, 1985, 86 champ |
| 1944 | Barry Bostwick, San Mateo California, actor, Rocky Horror Show, Megaforce |
| 1944 | Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist, Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Quicksilver |
| 1944 | Sheila Larkin, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Deborah-Storefront Lawyer |
| 1942 | David K Williamson, Australian screenplay/playwright, Removalists |
| 1942 | Joe Lieberman, Sen-D Connecticut |
| 1942 | Paul Jones, England, rocker, Manfried Mann-Mighty Quinn |
| 1942 | Stuart Henry, British disc jockey |
| 1940 | Denis Law, British soccer player |
| 1940 | Jimmy Ellis, WBA heavyweight boxing champ, 1968-70 |
| 1940 | Theo Bosch, Dutch humanist/architect, Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam |
| 1939 | George Bain, principal, London Business School |
| 1938 | James Farentino, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dead and Buried, Final Countdown |
| 1938 | Kathleen Richardson, president, Methodist Conference |
| 1938 | Philip Knight, American Businessman |
| 1938 | Phil Knight, American Businessman |
| 1937 | Jerry Wiggin, born in Worcestershire, England, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare |
| 1935 | Renata Scotto, born in Savona, Italy, singer, soprano, performed La Traviata at age 18, received 15 curtain calls performing Walter in La Wally at La Scala, 1953, directs opera and teaches at her opera academy in Italy, New York |
| 1934 | Bettino Craxi, Italy's 1st socialist premier, 1983-87 |
| 1934 | Flemming Nielsen, Denmark, soccer player 1960 Olympics silver |
| 1934 | Frank Chapot, U.S., equestrian, Silver Medals 1960, 1972 Olympics |
| 1934 | Linda Cristal, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, actress, Victoria-High Chapparal |
| 1934 | George Ryan, American Politician |
| 1932 | Andrew Jacobs, Jr., born in Indianapolis, Indiana,Representative-D-Indiana, 1965 - 1973, 1975 - 1997 |
| 1932 | Everard Goodman, English real estate developer, TOPS Estates |
| 1932 | John Vernon, Canada, actor, Animal House, Chained Heat, Dirty Harry |
| 1932 | Michel Legrand, composer, Summer of '42, Windmills of Your Mind |
| 1932 | Zell Miller, American Politician |
| 1931 | Brian Close, cricketer, played for England between 1949 and 1976 |
| 1931 | Inge Bernstein, British judge |
| 1931 | Lev Vasilyevich Vorobyov, Russia, cosmonaut |
| 1931 | Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher Rinzai/Soto lines of Zen Buddhism |
| 1931 | Marta Marzotto, Italy, countess |
| 1931 | Dominic Chianese, American Actor |
| 1930 | Barbara Lawrence, Carnegie, Oklahoma, actress, Joe Dakota |
| 1929 | David Houston, Major-General/Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland |
| 1929 | Richard B Shull, Evanston, Illinois, actor, Diana, Holmes and Yoyo |
| 1928 | Al Lettieri, New York City, actor, Deadly Kiss, Pulp, Mr. Majestyk, Getaway |
| 1928 | Michael Harrington, St. Louis, socialist/author, Fragments of Century |
| 1928 | Paul B Elvstrom, Denmark, yachter, Gold Medals 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 Olympics |
| 1927 | David Mourao-Ferreira, poet/politician |
| 1926 | Reginald Freeson, British MP |
| 1926 | Jean Alexander, English Actress |
| 1924 | Lionel Dakers, director, Royal School of Church Music |
| 1924 | William Pillar, British admiral |
| 1922 | Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer, batted at MCG in Test for India 1948 |
| 1922 | Richard Hamilton, painter |
| 1922 | Steven Hill, born in Seattle, Washington, actor, Goddess, Raw Deal, Yentl, Law and Order |
| 1921 | Abe Vigoda, New York City, actor, Barney Miller, Fish |
| 1921 | Douglass Watson, Jackson Georgia, actor, Satan Murders, Another World |
| 1921 | Ingvar Lidholm, composer |
| 1921 | Ludvig Aschkenazy, writer |
| 1920 | Frank Rogers, CEO, NPA Telegraph |
| 1919 | Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist |
| 1919 | Earl Kitchener of Khartoum |
| 1917 | William Fairbank, Minneapolis, physicist, superconductivity |
| 1916 | Gene Mitchell, museum director |
| 1915 | Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, trade unionist |
| 1914 | David Langdon, cartoonist/illustrator |
| 1914 | Zachary Scott, born in Austin, Texas, actor, Spotlight Playhouse, Mildred Pierce |
| 1913 | Richard Murphey Goodwin, economist |
| 1912 | Julius Kowalski, composer |
| 1911 | Konrad Lechner, composer |
| 1910 | Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer |
| 1909 | August William Derleth, Sauk City Wisconsin, writer, Judge Peck Mysteries |
| 1909 | Jean Yves Morvan Marin, broadcaster |
| 1909 | Max Black, Dutch/British/U.S. philosopher, analytical philosophy |
| 1909 | Michael Francis Morris Lindsay, orientalist |
| 1909 | Mary Antin, Russian Activist |
| 1906 | Alexis Curvers, Belgian author, Tempo di Roma, Bourg-le-Rond |
| 1905 | Guillaume Landre, composer |
| 1899 | Jacob Presser, Dutch historian and writer, Down-fall |
| 1898 | Kurt Tank, German WW II aircraft designer |
| 1890 | Antonio Massana, composer |
| 1890 | Marjorie Main, Tomlinson, Action, Indiana, actress, Another Thin Man |
| 1887 | Mary Ellen Chase, U.S. linguistic/author, White Gate |
| 1885 | Bert Lytell, New York City, actor, Henry-One Man's Family |
| 1885 | Chester Nimitz, U.S. Admiral, commanded Pacific fleet in WW II |
| 1885 | Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israeli Knesset, 1949-59 |
| 1885 | Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Polish novelist/satirist, Black Wings |
| 1885 | Chester W. Nimitz, American Soldier |
| 1879 | Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer, Sun |
| 1877 | Rudolf Ganz, composer |
| 1876 | Jean Poveigh, composer |
| 1876 | Victor Moore, Hammonton, New Jersey, comedian, Ziegfeld Follies, 7 Year Itch |
| 1874 | Honus Wagner, HOF shortstop, Pittsburgh Pirates, 1900-17 |
| 1872 | John Jarvis, England, swimmer, won 108 titles |
| 1866 | Arthur Pearson, Wookey Somerset England, newspaper proprietor |
| 1860 | Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer, Printing Types |
| 1858 | Arnold Dolmetsch, Le Mans, musician |
| 1854 | Franz Courtens, Flemish painter, Golden Rain |
| 1852 | George A. Moore, Ireland, painter/novelist, Esther Waters |
| 1848 | C Grant B Allen, Canadian writer, Woman Who Did |
| 1848 | Johanna C P Barbiers, actress, Voddenraper of Paris |
| 1846 | Luigi Denza, composer |
| 1843 | [Joaquim] Theofilo F Braga, Portuguese poet/author/politician |
| 1842 | Arrigio Enrico Boito, composer |
| 1842 | Arrigo Boito, Italian Poet |
| 1838 | Thomas Benton Smith, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1836 | Winslow Homer, U.S., painter, Gulfstream |
| 1833 | Eduard earl von Taaffe, Austrian premier, 1868..93 |
| 1831 | Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia |
| 1827 | Charles Davis Jameson, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1824 | John Crawford Vaughn, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1824 | George William Curtis, American Author |
| 1811 | Daniel A. Payne, Bishop/reformer/educator of AME Church |
| 1811 | Edward Dickinson Baker, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1809 | Albert Schaffle, German sociologist, Abriss der Soziologie |
| 1809 | Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, governor/viceroy, Elzas-Lutherian |
| 1797 | Samuel Lover, composer |
| 1786 | Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller, Grimm's Fairy Tales |
| 1771 | Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher |
| 1766 | Samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist, Exultate Deo |
| 1750 | Miklos Revai, Hungarian linguistic/poet |
| 1717 | Bernhard Hupfeld, composer |
| 1704 | Hubert Renotte, composer |
| 1697 | Bernard S Albinus, Weiss, German surgeon/anatomist |
| 1684 | Catherine I, Empress of Russia 1725-27, Dorpat, Estonia |
| 1679 | Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer |
| 1619 | Charles Le Brun, Paris, painter, designer, Chancellor Seguier |
| 1597 | Vincent Voiture, French Poet |
| 1595 | Matthias C Sarbiewski, Sarbievius, Polish jesuit/poet |
| 1557 | Matthias, Vienna, Holy Roman emperor, 1612-19 |
| 1547 | Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland |
| 1536 | Clement VIII, Ippolito Aldofireini, Fano Italy, Pope, 1592-1605 |
| 1501 | Sixt, us, Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer, Suzanna |
| 1500 | Carlos V, King of Spain, 1516-56, Holy Roman Emperor |
| 1463 | Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist |
| 1304 | Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer, Travels in Asia and Africa |
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