| 1992 | Libby [Elizabeth] Callahan, Columbia, South Carolina, sport pistol 1996 Olympics |
| 1976 | Samaki Walker, NBA forward, Dallas Mavericks |
| 1975 | Hercules Kyvelos, born in Montreal, Quebec, boxer 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Detron Smith, NFL running back, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32 |
| 1974 | Tamarick Vanover, NFL wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1973 | Daryl Gardener, defensive end for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1973 | Kirrily Sharpe, born in Bankstown, Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Saga-JPN |
| 1972 | Chris Harrison, guard, Detroit Lions |
| 1972 | Erwin van de Looi, soccer player, Vitesse |
| 1972 | Sean Harris, NFL linebacker for the Chicago Bears |
| 1971 | Andrew Hermann, U.S. 50K walker 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Byron Dafoe, Sussex Eng, NHL goalie for the Los Angeles Kings |
| 1971 | David Fox, U.S., 50m freestyle, Olympics-6th-96 |
| 1971 | Helen Dobson, Skegness England, golfer, 1993 State Farm Rail Classic |
| 1971 | Jennifer LaVoie, Nashua, New Hampshire, playmate, Aug, 1993 |
| 1971 | Nova Peris, Darwin Australia, field hockey left halfback 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Sean Astin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Goonies, Toy Soldiers |
| 1970 | Alfred Jordan, CFL cornerback for the Calgary Stampeders |
| 1970 | Brian O'Neal, NFL full back for the San Francisco 49ers |
| 1970 | Corey Mayfield, NFL defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1970 | Dave Brown, NFL quarterback for the New York Giants |
| 1970 | Joe Bowden, NFL linebacker, Houston/Tennessee Oilers |
| 1970 | Troy Mallette, Sudbury, NHL left wing, Ottawa Senators |
| 1969 | Donald Hodge, NBA center, Charlotte Hornets |
| 1969 | Kerry Dienelt, Australian softball catcher/1st baseman, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Michelle Gibson, equestrian dressage 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1968 | David Hulse, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Texas Rangers |
| 1967 | Jenny Byrne, born in Perth, Australia, tennis star, 1984 Futures-Wyong-AUS |
| 1967 | Nick Leeson, British banker, Baring bank |
| 1967 | Rich Rowland, U.S. baseball catcher for the Detroit Tigers |
| 1966 | Don Anurasiri, cricketer, Sri Lankan slow left-armer |
| 1966 | Samantha Phillips, Ft. Meade, Maryland, Penthouse Pet |
| 1966 | Stacey Cortez, actress, Sheila Cantillan-General Hospital |
| 1966 | Tea Leoni, New York City, actress, Flying Blind, Naked Truth |
| 1965 | Carrot Top, Florida, comedian, American Comedy Award-1994 |
| 1965 | Veronica Webb, supermodel/actress, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X |
| 1964 | Don Majkowski, NFL quarterback, Detroit Lions |
| 1964 | Steve Nevius, film editor, Eden, Fall Time, Damascus |
| 1963 | Tom McHale, NFL tackle for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1963 | Nancy O'Dell, American Celebrity |
| 1962 | Birgit Fischer, born in East Germany, 500m kayaker, 1980 Olympics gold |
| 1962 | Cammy Ciarelli, Iowa City, WPVA volleyballer, Best of Beach-2nd-1995 |
| 1961 | Ricky Gervais, English Writer |
| 1960 | Glen Bishop, cricketer, S Aussie bat, 2 ODI's for Australia 1987 |
| 1959 | Mike Peters, rocker, Alarm-In the Summertime |
| 1958 | Kurt Rambis, NBA forward, Lakers, Hornets, Clark Kent look-a-like |
| 1957 | Stuart "Woody" Wood, Scot, guitarist, Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night |
| 1956 | Davie Cooper, born in Hamilton, Scotland, David 'Davie' Cooper, professional soccer player, signed by Ranger for 100,000 pounds, won Scottish Cup with Motherwell in 1991 |
| 1955 | Leann Hunley, actress, Dane Carrington-Dynasty, Dawson's Creek |
| 1955 | Jim Gerlach, American Politician |
| 1954 | Steve Rixon, Australian cricket wicket-keeper, 1977-85 |
| 1953 | Garrett Glaser, entertainment correspondent, Entertainment Tonight |
| 1953 | Jose Maria Aznar, Spanish Statesman |
| 1953 | Martin Kippenberger, German Artist |
| 1952 | James A. Barcia, born in Bay City, Michiga, Representative-D-Michigan 2003 - |
| 1952 | Joey Dunlop, Irish Celebrity |
| 1950 | Anthony Lloyd, born in England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, gay rights supporter, voted against the Iraq War and against renewal of the Trident Nuclear Missile System |
| 1950 | Emitt Rhodes, musician, Merry-go-Round |
| 1950 | Neil Jordan, born in Sligo, Ireland, director, filmmaker, novelist, won Academy-Award for movie, The Crying Game |
| 1950 | Rick Flair, Richard Fliehr, wrestling champ, NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA |
| 1950 | Nestor Kirchner, Argentinian Statesman |
| 1949 | James Sempill, born in Scotland, born James William Stuart Whitemore Sempill, Lord Sempill, 21st Lord Sempill, Peerage of Scotland, created in 1489 for Sir John Sempill |
| 1948 | G B Warren, British biochemist |
| 1947 | Eddie Thomson, Australian soccer coach, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics |
| 1947 | Lee Edward Evans, Madera California, 400m runner, Olympic-2 gold-1968 |
| 1947 | Lewis Moonie, born in Dundee, England, Baron Moonie, politician, life peer, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Kircaldy |
| 1945 | Elkie Brooks, Manchester England, rocker, Pearl's a Singer |
| 1945 | Shivadhar Srinivasa Naipaul, Trinidad, novelist, essayist, Fireflies |
| 1944 | Karen Grassle, born in Berkeley, California, actress, Caroline-Little House on Prairie |
| 1944 | Kristina Holland, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Tina-Courtship of Eddie's Father |
| 1943 | George Harrison, rocker, Beatle/Travelling Willberries-My Sweet Lord |
| 1943 | Maryann Amacher, composer |
| 1943 | Sally Jessy Raphael, American Entertainer |
| 1941 | David Puttnam, London, film producer/CEO, Columbia Pictures |
| 1941 | Ramon Pagayon Santos, composer |
| 1941 | Stewart Sutherland, Principal/Vice-Chancellor, Edinburgh University |
| 1941 | Susan Browning, Baldwin, New York, actress, Pat-Mary Hartman |
| 1940 | Billy Packer, Wellsville, New York, basketball sportscaster, CBS |
| 1940 | George Paul, CEO, Norwich Union Insurance Group |
| 1940 | Hector MacKenzie, trade unionist |
| 1940 | Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Toro Spain, conductor, International Conductor Competition |
| 1940 | Jud Taylor, actor, Dr. Gerson-Dr. Kildare |
| 1940 | Ron Santo, shortstop, Cubs, 1st baseball player to veto his trade |
| 1939 | A C F Verity, master, Dulwich College |
| 1939 | Marisa Mell, Graz Austria, actress, Masquerade, Casanova '70 |
| 1938 | Diane Baker, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Diary of Anne Frank, Marnie |
| 1938 | Farokh Engineer, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, 1961-75 |
| 1938 | Herb Elliott, born in Australia, 1500m runner 1960 Olympics gold |
| 1937 | Basia Johnson, maid, inherited Johnson and Johnson fortune |
| 1937 | Bob Schieffer, born in Austin, Texas, newscaster, CBS Weekend News |
| 1937 | Tom Courtenay, born in England, actor, Dresser, Dr. Zhivago, To Catch a Spy |
| 1936 | Jonnie Nicely, playmate, Aug, 1956 |
| 1936 | Norman Orville Scribner, composer |
| 1935 | Tony Campolo, born in America, pastor, speaker, author, promotes evangelical reform, leader, 'Red Letter Christian' movement, focusing on Christ's teachings, wrote, 'A Reasonable Faith', known for famous sermon, 'It's Friday, But Sunday's Coming!' |
| 1934 | Roger Nicholas Edwards, born in England, born Roger Nicholas Edwards, Lord Crickhowell, Baron Crickhowell, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, Secretary of State for Wales |
| 1934 | Michael Wheeler-Booth, Clerk of the Parliaments |
| 1932 | Faron Young, country singer and actor, Hidden Guns, Daniel Boone |
| 1932 | Laurence New, Major-General |
| 1932 | Martin William Karlins, composer |
| 1931 | Edward Kellett-Bowman, British MEP |
| 1931 | J R Stephenson, Lt-colonel/Secretary, MCC |
| 1930 | Erica Pedretti, born in Sternberk, Czech Republic, author, writer, artist, painter, sculptress, awarded, Ingeborg Bachmann Prize |
| 1929 | Christopher George, Royal Oak, Minnesota, actor, Rat Patrol, Immortal |
| 1929 | Peter Bingham Hinchcliff, British church historian, 1 Sided Reciprocity |
| 1929 | Peter Hinchcliff, historian |
| 1929 | Tommy Newsom, Virginia, musician/bandleader/saxophonist, Tonight Show |
| 1928 | Keith Williamson, British RAF marshal |
| 1928 | Larry Gelbart, writer/producer/actor, Oh God!, M*A*S*H |
| 1928 | Richard Stern, U.S. writer |
| 1927 | Dick Jones, Snyder, Texas, actor, Buffalo Bill Jr |
| 1927 | Jacques Monod, composer |
| 1927 | Jane Nigh, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Lorelei-Big Town |
| 1927 | Ralph Stanley, country singer |
| 1926 | Harvey McGregor, QC/warden, New College-Oxford |
| 1925 | Bert Remsen, Glen Cove, New York, actor, Mario-It's a Living |
| 1924 | Peg Ridge, peace campaigner |
| 1923 | Roger Parker, Lord Justice of Appeal |
| 1922 | Matti Rautio, composer |
| 1920 | Antony Duff, born in England, served Royal Navy during World War II, Deputy Governor of Southern Rhodesia, diplomat, Director-General of Military Intelligence, section 5, 1985 - 1988, the United Kingdom's internal security service |
| 1920 | Hayes Gordon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Sky Pirates, Dark Room |
| 1919 | F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian |
| 1919 | Monty Irvin, baseball hall of famer for the New York Giants |
| 1918 | Henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 4x100m runner 1948 Olympics gold |
| 1918 | Bobby Riggs, U.S. tennis star, U.S. Open 1939, 41 |
| 1917 | Anthony Burgess, essayist/novelist, Clockwork Orange |
| 1917 | Asta E R Elstak, Suriname/Dutch social worker |
| 1916 | Ian Wallace, British CEO |
| 1916 | Ralph Baldwin, harness driver, set 11 major world records |
| 1914 | John Arlott, cricketer, the doyen of cricket commentators and writers |
| 1913 | Gert Froebe, Saxony Germany, actor, Goldfinger |
| 1913 | Jim Backus, Cleveland, actor, Mr Magoo, Thurston Howell III-Gilligan Is |
| 1912 | Richard Wattis, England, actor, Hobson's Choice, Prince and Showgirl |
| 1910 | Millicent Fenwick, Representative-R-New Jersey 1975 - 1982, Doonesbury |
| 1909 | Edgar Pangborn, U.S., sci-fi author, Judgment of Eve, Davy |
| 1909 | John Evan "Jasper" Weston Mather, writer |
| 1908 | Frank G Slaughter, author, Sangaree |
| 1907 | Mary Coyle Chase, playwright, Harvey-Pulitzer Prize |
| 1907 | Shimen Rushkin, Poland, actor, Beau Brummel, Having a Wonderful Time |
| 1906 | Boris Papandopulo, composer |
| 1906 | Domingo Ortega, Spanish bullfighter |
| 1906 | Howard Zahniser, Father of Wilderness Act |
| 1906 | Warren Hymer, New York City, actor, Girl From Havana, Meet the Mob |
| 1904 | Adelle Davis, author, Lets Stay Healthy, nutritionist, died of cancer |
| 1902 | Max Kommerell, German literary/author, Die Gefangenen |
| 1902 | Oscar Cullmann, Swiss theologist, Das Petrusproblem |
| 1901 | Federico Ghisi, composer |
| 1901 | [Herbert] Zeppo Marx, New York City, comedian/actor, Marx Brothers |
| 1900 | Jed Harris, producer/director, Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball |
| 1899 | Leo J Weisgerber, German linguist |
| 1898 | William Thomas Astbury, English physicist/chemist, textiles |
| 1896 | John Little McClellan, born in Sheridan, Arkansas, Senator-D-Arkansas 1943 - 1977 |
| 1895 | DeBenneville "Bert" Bell, Pennsylvania, NFL owner/commissioner/HOF, Eagles |
| 1895 | Henri Martelli, composer |
| 1894 | Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist, War Against War! |
| 1890 | Myra Hess, born in London, England, concert pianist |
| 1888 | John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State, 1953 - 1959 |
| 1887 | Leonard Carey, England, actor, Laughter |
| 1882 | Jozef Goossenaerts, Flemish philologist, Language boundary |
| 1882 | Ludvig Nordstrom, Sweden, writer, Story of Peter Svensk |
| 1881 | William Foster, Massachusetts, Communist President candidate, 1924,28,32 |
| 1879 | Otakar Ostrcil, composer |
| 1873 | Enrico Caruso, Naples Italy, operatic tenor, Faust |
| 1871 | Oliver Samuel Campbell, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1890 |
| 1868 | Anthony J Block, Dutch lawyer, strafproces |
| 1866 | Benedetto Croce, Italy, humanist/historian/editor/philosopher |
| 1860 | Menso Kamerlingh Onnes, painter/water colors painter |
| 1860 | William James Ashley, English economic-historian |
| 1857 | Margaret Deland, American Novelist |
| 1855 | George Bonnor, cricketer, big-hitting Aussie batter 1880-1888 |
| 1847 | John Watson, Canada, philosopher, Objective Idealism |
| 1842 | Karl May, German writer, Old Shatterhand/Winnetou |
| 1841 | Pierre Auguste Renoir, Limoges France, Impressionist painter/sculptor |
| 1841 | Auguste Renoir, French Artist |
| 1840 | Alexis Hollander, composer |
| 1840 | Otto Liebmann, German philosopher, Climax of Theories |
| 1833 | Clement Anselm Evans, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1833 | Julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress |
| 1832 | Theodorus J I Arnold, bibliographer, Bibliotheca Belgian |
| 1815 | Robert Hall Chilton, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1814 | Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian national poet/painter, 3/9 NS, |
| 1811 | Carl Schuberth, composer |
| 1809 | George Washington Cullom, Major General Union Army |
| 1808 | James Bowen, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1807 | George Alfred Trenholm, Secretary Treasury, Confederacy |
| 1794 | Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Dutch earl of Nijenhuis/Peckedam |
| 1788 | Mateo Ferrer, composer |
| 1778 | Jose Francisco de San Martin, liberated Argentina, Chile and Peru |
| 1735 | Ernst William Wolf, composer |
| 1732 | Robert Hudson, composer |
| 1731 | Simon Stijl, Frisian physician/writer |
| 1727 | Armand-Louis Couperin, composer |
| 1725 | Armand-Louis Couperin, Paris, France, organist/composer, Notre Dame |
| 1725 | Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet, Geistliche Kantaten |
| 1707 | Carlo Goldoni, Italy, lawyer/playwright, Belisario, Love of 3 Oranges |
| 1680 | Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer |
| 1643 | Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey, 1691-95 |
| 1635 | Walraad, the Elder, Dutch Field Marshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen |
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