| 1985 | Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese Athlete |
| 1978 | Kristina Cherina, Miss Croatia Universe 1997 |
| 1976 | Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star, 1995 Puerto Rico |
| 1975 | Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord |
| 1975 | Jan l'Ami, Dutch soccer player, Willem II |
| 1974 | Adrienne Johnson, WNBA guard for the Cleveland Rockers |
| 1973 | Diego Serrano, Quito Ecuador, actor, Tomas Rivera-Another World |
| 1973 | Israel Raybon, defensive end for the Carolina Panthers |
| 1973 | Laura Espinoza-Watson, Torrance California, female infielder, Silver Bullets |
| 1973 | Richard Matvichuk, Ft. Saskatchewan C, NHL defenseman for the Dallas Stars |
| 1972 | Chris Bailey, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1998 Olympics |
| 1972 | Erin Phillips, Mexico Missouri, Miss America-Missouri 1996 |
| 1972 | Tony Johnson, tight end for the New Orleans Saints |
| 1972 | Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, Australian Royalty |
| 1971 | Dennis Hall, Milwaukee, 125 lbs greco-roman wrestler, Silver Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Dianne Norman, Sault Ste Marie Ontario, basketball forward 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | Marcus Redman, actor, Raymond-Doogie Howser |
| 1971 | Peter "Chip" Cipollone, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Darren Lehmann, cricketer, SA and Vic LHB Australian ODI 1996 |
| 1970 | Forey Duckett, NFL/WLAF cornerback and safety, Saints, Scottish Claymores |
| 1969 | Bobby Brown, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, vocalist, Ghostbusters, Don't Be Cruel |
| 1968 | Regina Rajchitova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star |
| 1968 | Roberto Alomar, Salinas Puerto Rico, infielder for the Baltimore Orioles |
| 1968 | Will Furrer, NFL quarterback, Houston Oilers, St. Louis Rams |
| 1966 | Jose Maria Olazabal, born in Fuenterrabia, Gipuzkoa, Basque country, Spain, professional golfer, 6 PGA Tour wins, 23 European Tour wins, 2 Japan Golf Tour wins |
| 1965 | Ben Lee, Rangoon Burma, U.S. badminton player 1992 Olympics |
| 1965 | James David McGovern, Teaneck, New Jersey, PGA golfer, 1993 Shell Houston Open |
| 1965 | Tarik Benhabiles, Algeria, tennis star |
| 1964 | Jim Pugh, born in Burbank, California, tennis star |
| 1964 | Laura Linney, born in New York City, New York, actress, film, theater, appeared in 'The Truman Show', 'Mystic River', 'The Nanny Diaries', 'Love Actually' |
| 1962 | Duff McKagan, Michael, born in Seattle, Washington bassist, Guns and Roses |
| 1962 | Tommy Skeoch, rock vocalist, Tesla-Psychotic Supper |
| 1961 | Tim Meadows, born in Highland Park, Michigan, actor, comedian, appeared on 'Saturday Night Live', films include, 'Coneheads', Wayne's World 2', 'Mean Girls' |
| 1960 | Jane Geddes, Huntington, New York, LPGA golfer, 1987 Women's Kemper Open |
| 1960 | William John Readings, literary theorist |
| 1959 | Glenn Dubis, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. 3x40 rifle, Olympics-1984, 88, 96 |
| 1959 | Jennifer M. Granholm, American Politician |
| 1959 | Jennifer Granholm, American Politician |
| 1959 | Armstrong Williams, American Journalist |
| 1958 | Jennifer Jason Leigh, Morrow, LA Cal, actress, Single White Female |
| 1957 | Craig Wilson, Beeville, Texas, U.S. water polo goalie, Olym-silver-84, 88 |
| 1955 | Debra Jo Fondren, Los Angeles Cal, playmate of year, September, 1977 |
| 1954 | Roseanne Katan, Jamacia, playmate, Sep, 1978 |
| 1954 | Cliff Martinez, American Musician |
| 1951 | Elizabeth Swados, Buffalo, New York, composer/playwright, 1972 TONY |
| 1950 | Ann Sexton, U.S. vocalist, You're Gone too Long |
| 1949 | David Sullivan, English softporno/newspaper publisher, Sunday Sport |
| 1949 | Maidarjabyn Ganzorig, Mongolia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 39 backup |
| 1949 | Nigel Olsson, rock guitarist/drummer, Elton John Band |
| 1948 | Barbara Hershey, Herzstein, Atlanta, Stuntman, Shy People |
| 1948 | Christopher Guest, born in New York City, actor, SNL, Heartbeeps, This is Spinal Tap |
| 1948 | David Denny, rock guitarist, Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra |
| 1948 | Elco Brinkman, Dutch minister WVC, CDA |
| 1948 | Nigel Tufnel, rocker, Spinal Tap |
| 1948 | Errol Morris, American Director |
| 1947 | David Ladd, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Raymie, Catlow, Misty, Deathline |
| 1947 | Mary Louise Cleave, Southampton, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-61-B, STS-30 |
| 1946 | Charlotte Rampling, born in England, actress, Zardoz, Night Porter, Verdict |
| 1944 | Al Kooper, rock keyboards/vocalist, Blood Sweat and Tears-When I Die |
| 1944 | J R Cobb, Birmingham, Alabama, rocker, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV |
| 1943 | Charles Winfield, Penn, rocker, Blood Sweat and Tears-Spinning Wheel |
| 1943 | Craig Morton, born in Flint, Michigan, NFL quarterback, Dallas, Denver |
| 1943 | Ivan Alexandrovich Tcherepnin, composer |
| 1943 | Larry Tamblyn, rock guitarist, Standells-Dirty Water |
| 1943 | Michael Mann, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor and director, Sexpot, Close Friends |
| 1943 | Nolan Bushnell, founder, Atari, creator, Pong |
| 1943 | Sven Johnson, rocker, Tangerine Dream |
| 1943 | Howell Raines, American Editor |
| 1942 | Cory Wells, born in Buffalo, New York, born Emil Lowendowski, musician, rocker, toured with Sonny and Cher, formed Three Dog Night with Danny Hutton |
| 1942 | Roger Staubach, NFL quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys |
| 1942 | Susan Hill, English playwright, Magic Apple Tree |
| 1941 | Barrett Strong, Detroit, vocalist, Money, That's What I Want |
| 1941 | David Selby, born in Morgantown, West Virginia, actor, 'Falcon Crest' and 'Flamingo Road' |
| 1941 | Rick Laird, jazz musician, Gerry Niewood and Timepiece |
| 1941 | Stephen J Cannell, producer, Rockford Files |
| 1940 | H R Giger, artist, special effects designer, Alien |
| 1940 | H. R. Giger, Swiss Artist |
| 1939 | Brian Luckhurst, cricketer, England opener of 60's and early 70's |
| 1939 | Jane Bryant Quinn, newscaster/financial writer, Everyone's Money Book |
| 1938 | Dick van Niehoff, Dutch vocalist, Fouryo |
| 1938 | John Guare, U.S. writer, 6 degrees of Separation, Atlantic City, Taking Off |
| 1937 | Cocky van Oost, Kommertje van Vliet, Dutch dancer, Sylphides |
| 1937 | Gaston Roelants, Belgium, world cross-country champion |
| 1937 | Stuart Damon, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Alan Quartermaine-General Hospital |
| 1935 | Alex Harvey, rocker, Just Visiting This Planet |
| 1935 | John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys, supreme commander South Africa army 1980- |
| 1934 | Hank Aaron, born in Mobile, Alabama, baseball player, record 755 home runs, 1957 NL MVP |
| 1934 | Donald Stewart Cherry, Canadian Journalist |
| 1933 | Jorn Donner, Helsinki Finland, director, Anna, Tenderness |
| 1933 | Nick Georgiade, New York City, actor, Untouchables, Run Buddy Run |
| 1933 | Ron Wilson, U.S. percussionist, Joy of Cooking |
| 1933 | Claude King, born in Keithville, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, performed on Louisiana Hayride television and radio show, billed alongside Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Tex Ritter |
| 1929 | Fred Sinowatz, SP, chancellor of Austria, 1983-86 |
| 1928 | Andrew M Greeley, author/reverend |
| 1928 | Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis, middle east scholar |
| 1928 | Andrew Greeley, American Clergyman |
| 1927 | Robert Brown, Herbrides Is, actor, Here Come the Brides, Primus |
| 1927 | Val Dufour, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Eugenie Grandet, Another World |
| 1926 | Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, New York City, publisher, New York Times |
| 1924 | Robert Lynn, anarchist |
| 1923 | Stephen J Cannell, TV producer/writer |
| 1922 | Bernard Kalb, spokesman, State Department, actor, Dave |
| 1921 | John M Pritchard, born in London, England, conductor |
| 1920 | Frank Muir, English Writer |
| 1919 | Andrea George Papandreou, Greek premier, 1981-89, 93- |
| 1919 | Red Buttons, Aaron Chwatt, Bronx New York City, comedian/actor, Sayonara |
| 1918 | Charles J "Tim" Holt, U.S. actor, Treasure of Sierra Madre |
| 1918 | Kara Abulfazogli Karayev, composer |
| 1918 | Tim Holt, Beverly Hills California, actor, Stagecoach, Hitler's Children |
| 1917 | Zsa Zsa Gabor, born in Budapest, actress, Queen of Outer Space |
| 1915 | Robert Hofstadter, U.S. atomic physicist |
| 1914 | Alan Hodgkin, British physicist, Nobel 1963 |
| 1914 | William S. Burroughs, American Writer |
| 1913 | Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger |
| 1912 | Willard Parker, New York City, actor, Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman |
| 1912 | Zoltan Pongracz, composer |
| 1910 | Martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter, WW II |
| 1909 | Grazyna Bacewicz, composer |
| 1907 | Jan Klaasesz, Dutch governor Suriname, 1949-56 |
| 1907 | Norton Simon, business executive, Simon and Schuster |
| 1907 | Pierre E J Pflimlin, premier France |
| 1906 | John Carradine, Greenwich Village, New York, actor, Grapes of Wrath, Howling |
| 1903 | Ivan Galamian, Tabriz Persia, violinist |
| 1903 | Joan Whitney Payson, owner, New York Mets and horse stables |
| 1903 | Nathaniel Owings, Indianapolis, architect, Oak Ridge, TN; Sears |
| 1902 | Bronislaw Kaper, composer |
| 1900 | Adlai E Stevenson, Gov-D-Ill, President candidate, D, 1952, 1956 |
| 1900 | Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician |
| 1897 | Dirk U Stikker, director, Heineken, Dutch foreign minister/NATO |
| 1893 | Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher, Studia philosophica |
| 1892 | George Saiko, writer |
| 1891 | Elizabeth Ryan, Anaheim California, doubles tennis champ, 6 time Wimbled |
| 1891 | Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist, Urchristentum |
| 1889 | Elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren, cricketer, prolific England bat of 20's |
| 1889 | Ernest Tyldesley, cricketer, 1st Lancastrian to score 100 100's |
| 1889 | Ioan Dumitru Chirescu, composer |
| 1887 | A P Gutersloh, writer |
| 1882 | Felice Lattuada, composer |
| 1881 | Frederick Leonard Lonsdale, British playwright, Balkan Princess |
| 1879 | Edward Rigby, England, actor, Star Look Down, Young and Innocent |
| 1878 | Andre-Gustave Citroen, France, auto maker |
| 1871 | Jovan Ducic, Serb poet, Blue Legends |
| 1868 | Lodewijk Mortelmans, composer |
| 1867 | Casper A. Lingbeek, vicar/Dutch MP, HSP, 1925..37 |
| 1866 | Arthur Keith, Scottish anthropologist |
| 1866 | Henri [Hendrik J] Hall, Dutch MP/comic, Put a Lid on it |
| 1866 | Rossetter Gleason Cole, composer |
| 1865 | Harvey Worthington Loomis, composer |
| 1864 | Carl Tieke, composer |
| 1863 | Armand Parent, composer |
| 1862 | Felipe Villanueva y Gutierrez, Mexico, composer |
| 1860 | Jackson Showalter, 1st U.S. chess champion |
| 1856 | Otto Brahm, German critic/founder, Neue Deutsche Rundschau |
| 1848 | Belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley], U.S. female outlaw, wild west |
| 1848 | Joris-Karl Huysmans, France, writer, Against the Grain |
| 1840 | Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor, automatic single-barrel rifle |
| 1840 | John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer, pneumatic rubber tire |
| 1837 | Dwight L. Moody, U.S., evangelist, Student Volunteer Movement |
| 1833 | John Watkinson, founder of British Chess Magazine, oldest chess mag |
| 1810 | Ole Bull, born in Bergen, Norway, famous violinist, virtuoso, compared to Niccolo Paganini, co-founder, Den Nationale Scene theater |
| 1804 | Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland, poet |
| 1799 | John Lindley, English botanist, Elements of Botany |
| 1788 | Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary, A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon |
| 1788 | Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British conservative premier/founder, Bobbies |
| 1779 | Frans van Campenhout, Belgian vocalist/composer, Brabanconne |
| 1778 | Robert Peel, British Prime Minister, 1834-46, founder, Tories |
| 1775 | Margaretha J de Neufville, author, Small Pligten |
| 1770 | Alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist, Tertiary |
| 1753 | Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma, Frisian regent/patriot |
| 1748 | Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor /tutor of Beethoven |
| 1746 | Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, American Statesman |
| 1744 | John Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist |
| 1732 | Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer |
| 1723 | John Witherspoon, clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence |
| 1711 | Joseph Umstatt, composer |
| 1662 | Giuseppi Vignola, composer |
| 1626 | Marie de Sevigne, Paris, letter-writer, Portrait in Letters |
| 1626 | Madame de Sevigne, French Writer |
| 1589 | Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright and poet |
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