| 1993 | John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg, son of Caroline Kennedy |
| 1983 | Utada Hikaru, Japanese Musician |
| 1982 | Jodie Sweetin, actress, Stephanie Tanner-Full House |
| 1977 | Anne Miller, Midland, Michigan, tennis star, 1995 Darmstadt Germany |
| 1977 | Taliesin Jaffe, Venice California, actor, Willy-Hail to the Chief |
| 1976 | Claire Grech, Miss Malta Universe 1997 |
| 1976 | Sky Christopherson, Tucson Ariz, cyclist 1996 Olympics |
| 1975 | Natalie Harvey, Australian 3k/5k runner 1996 Olympics |
| 1974 | Amaury Telemaco, Higuey, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs |
| 1974 | Gregory Playfair, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, PSV |
| 1974 | Tarik Oulida, soccer player, Ajax/Seville |
| 1974 | Walter Jones, tackle for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1973 | Chris Stynes, Queens, New York, infielder for the Kansas City Royals |
| 1972 | Tyrone Wheatley, NFL running back for the New York Giants |
| 1972 | Drea De Matteo, born in Queens, New York, actress, appeared on 'The Sopranos', 'Desperate Housewives' and 'Joey' television shows |
| 1971 | Jeff Juden, Salem, Massachusetts, baseball pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants |
| 1971 | Maurice Hofman, Dutch soccer player, MVV |
| 1971 | Reggie Brooks, NFL running back for the Washington Redskins |
| 1971 | Shawn Wayans, actor, In Living Color |
| 1971 | John Wozniak, American Musician |
| 1970 | Ghetty Chasun, Erie Penn, actress, Red Lips |
| 1970 | Rick Krivda, Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles |
| 1970 | T J Mathews, Belleville, Illinois, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1969 | Andrew Murray Stone, Auckland New Zealand, Open 470 yachter 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Junior Seau, NFL inside linebacker for the San Diego Chargers |
| 1969 | Luc Longley, NBA center, Chicago Bulls |
| 1969 | Orlando Palmeiro, Hoboken, New Jersey, outfielder for the California Angels |
| 1968 | Marty Conlon, NBA forward for the Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1968 | Whitfield Crane, rocker, Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad |
| 1967 | Christine Tucci, actress, Amanda Cory-Another World |
| 1966 | Anthony Young, U.S. baseball pitcher, New York Met, Chicago Cubs |
| 1966 | Ronnie Williams, NFL tight end for the Miami Dolphins |
| 1966 | Stefan Edberg, Sweden, tennis player, Wimbledon 1988, U.S. Open 1991 |
| 1966 | Sylvain Cote, Duberger, NHL defenseman for the Washington Capitals |
| 1966 | Antoine Fuqua, American Director |
| 1965 | Ricky Reynolds, NFL cornerback for the New England Patriots |
| 1963 | Caron Wheeler, English singer, Soul II Soul-Keep on Movin' |
| 1963 | Michael Adams, NBA guard, Charlotte Hornets |
| 1963 | Martin Bashir, British Journalist |
| 1962 | Anthony Edwards, Santa Barbara, actor, Mike Monroe-Northern Exposure |
| 1962 | Chris Sabo, born in Detroit, Michigan, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles |
| 1961 | Paul McCrane, actor, Hotel New Hampshire, We're Fighting Back |
| 1961 | William Ragsdale, AK, actor, Fright Night, Mannequin 2, Smooth Talk |
| 1960 | Alfrederick Joyner, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, triple jumper, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics |
| 1958 | Thomas Kinkade, American Artist |
| 1957 | Mickael Virtue, rock keyboardist, UB40-Red Red Wine |
| 1957 | Ottis "O J" Anderson, NFL running back for the New York Giants |
| 1955 | Simon Rattle, born in England, orchestra conductor, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra |
| 1955 | Paul Rodriguez, born in Culiacan, Mexico, comedian, actor, films include, 'A Cinderella Story', 'Lonely Street', 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' |
| 1954 | Katey Sagal, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Peg Bundy-Married with Children |
| 1954 | Steve DeBerg, NFL quarterback, Broncos, Chiefs, Bucs, 49ers |
| 1954 | Cindy Sherman, American Photographer |
| 1953 | Desi Arnaz, Jr., born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Craig-Here's Lucy, Fakeout, Joyride |
| 1952 | Dewey Bunell, born in Yorkshire, England, rock guitarist, America-Daisy Jane |
| 1951 | Linda Hayden, Middlesex England, actress, Blood on Satan's Claw |
| 1949 | Robert Palmer, born in Batley, England, singer, Power Station |
| 1947 | Alessandro Haber, actor, China is Near |
| 1947 | Ann Compton, news reporter, ABC TV |
| 1946 | Alexandr Vladimirovich Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut |
| 1946 | Dolly Rebecca Parton, Sevierville, Tennessee, country singer, Dolly, 9 to 5 |
| 1946 | Julian Barnes, England, writer, Before She Met Me |
| 1946 | Dolly Parton, American Musician |
| 1945 | Charles Amirkhanian, composer |
| 1945 | Rod Evans, rocker, Deep Purple-Come Taste the Band |
| 1945 | Vadim Abdrashitov, director, Fox Hunt, Parade of Planets |
| 1944 | Dan Reeves, NFL Coach, New York Giants, Denver Broncos, Atlanta Falcons |
| 1944 | Pehr Henrik Nordgren, composer |
| 1944 | Richard [Erskine Frere] Leakey, Nairobi Kenya, anthropologist |
| 1944 | Peter Lynch, American Businessman |
| 1944 | Shelley Fabares, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, singer, television debut 'Letter to Loretta', played role of Mary Stone in sitcom 'The Donna Reed Show', Primetime Emmy Award nominee for ABC sitcom 'Coach' |
| 1943 | Janis Joplin, Port Arthur, Texas, bluesy rock singer, Down on Me |
| 1943 | Margriet Francisca, Dutch Princess |
| 1942 | Michael Crawford, England, Broadway star, Phantom of the Opera |
| 1942 | Shelly Fabares, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Donna Reed Show, Coach |
| 1942 | Thom Mayne, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, architect, awarded Pritzker Prize, 2005, principal, Morphosis, famous architecture firm in Santa Monica, California, founder, Southern California Institute of Architecture |
| 1940 | Barend J du Plessis, South African minister of Finance, 1984- |
| 1940 | Mary Mills, born in Laurel, Mississippi, professional golfer, member, LPGA Tour, won 9 LPGA Tour victories |
| 1938 | Denny Smith, born in Ontario, Oregon, Representative-R-Oregon 1981 - 1983 |
| 1938 | Phil Everly, Brownie, Kentucky, singer, Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie |
| 1936 | Elliott Schwartz, composer |
| 1936 | Ursula Andress, born in Switzerland, actress, She |
| 1936 | Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi Politician |
| 1935 | Tippi Hedren, born in Minnesota, actress, The Birds, Marnie, Bold and Beautiful |
| 1933 | Marc F A Andries, Flemish actor, Central Station |
| 1932 | Joe Schmidt, NFL Hall of Fame linebacker, Detroit Lions |
| 1932 | Richard Lester, movie director, Hard Day's Night, Help!, Petulia |
| 1931 | Robert MacNeil, Montreal, news anchor, NBC Weekend News, 1965-67 |
| 1931 | Ron Packard, born in Meridian, Idaho, Representative-R-California 1983 - 2001 |
| 1931 | Tippi Hedren, American Actress |
| 1930 | John Waite, cricket wicket-keeper, great South African |
| 1929 | Ulu Grosbard, Belgium, actor, Straight Time, Georgia, Falling in Love |
| 1928 | Dainin Katagiri, Osaka Japan, Zen teacher, associate of Shunryu Suzuki |
| 1928 | Edward Gerard Schurmann, composer |
| 1926 | Fritz Weaver, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Josef-Holocaust, Day of the Dolphin |
| 1926 | Libera Carlier, Flemish author, Action Station Go! |
| 1925 | Nina [Mary] Bawden, English author, Afternoon of a Good Woman |
| 1924 | 7th earl of Carnarvon, English large landowner |
| 1924 | Jean Francois Revel, French journalist/author, Ni Marx ni Jesus |
| 1924 | Nicholas Colasanto, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Coach Ernie-Cheers |
| 1923 | Jean Stapleton, New York City, actress, Damn Yankees, Klute, All in the Family |
| 1923 | Markus Wolf, German Public Servant |
| 1922 | Arthur Morris, cricketer, great Australian lefty opening batsman |
| 1922 | Guy Madison, Robert Moseley, California, actor, Wild Bill Hickok |
| 1922 | Ken Hughes, Liverpool England, director, Casino Royale |
| 1921 | Patricia Highsmith, Plangman, US/Swiss writer, Strangers on a Train |
| 1920 | Javier Perez de Cuellar, Lima Peru, 5th Secretary-General of United Nations, 1982-91 |
| 1919 | Anthony Dexter, Walter Fleischmann, NB Canada, actor, Valentino |
| 1919 | Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player 1964 Olympic gold |
| 1918 | John H. Johnson, American Businessman |
| 1917 | John Raitt, Bonnie Raitt's father/singer/actor, Pajama Game |
| 1917 | Rudolf Maros, composer |
| 1915 | Alvy West, born in Brooklyn, New York, orchestra leader, Andy Williams Show |
| 1914 | Lester Flatt, country musician, Flatt and Scruggs |
| 1913 | Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author |
| 1912 | Francis David Charteris, earl of Wemyss and March/Scottish landowner |
| 1912 | Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans, Dutch soc dem chairman, 1965-69 |
| 1912 | Leonid V Kantorovich, St. Petersburg Russia, economist, Nobel |
| 1910 | Willi Schmidt, Germany, director |
| 1907 | Lillian Harvey, born in London, England, actress, Invitation to the Waltz |
| 1906 | Ish Kabbible, Merwyn Bogue, Penns, comedian, Kay Kyser's Kollege |
| 1906 | Lanny Ross, Seattle, radio singer, Show Boat, The Swift Show |
| 1905 | Anne Schumacher Hummert, radio pioneer |
| 1905 | Oveta Culp Hobby, government official/newspaper publisher/CEO, Houston Post |
| 1904 | James Winston Watts, developer, Frontal Lobotomy |
| 1903 | Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur |
| 1903 | Erwin Nyiregyhazi, Budapest Hungary, pianist |
| 1902 | Heinrich Schmist-Barrien, German author, Moorkeerl |
| 1899 | Herbert Whitton Sumsion, organist/composer |
| 1897 | Natacha Rambova, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, costume designer |
| 1897 | Rene Victor, Flemish lawyer/knight, Rechtskundig Weekblad |
| 1892 | Olafur Thors, Icelandic PM, 6 times, 1942-63 |
| 1889 | Sophie Taeuber/Tauber-Arp, Swiss sculptor/wife of Hans Arp, Dada |
| 1887 | Alexander Woollcott, New Jersey, short story writer, Man Who Came to Dinner |
| 1884 | Albert Louis Wolff, composer |
| 1884 | Albert Wolff, Dutch Musician |
| 1883 | Hermann Abendroth, German conductor |
| 1879 | Marie Koenen, author/wife of Felix Rutten, Wassend Cereal |
| 1877 | Charles Coburn, Savannah, Georgia, actor, Devil and Miss Jones |
| 1873 | Hans E Blaich, writer |
| 1869 | Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor, Rotterdam 1906 - 1922, Dir, League of Nations |
| 1868 | Gustav Meyrink, writer |
| 1866 | Harry Davenport, New York City, actor and director, Her Unborn Child, My Sin |
| 1863 | Werner Sombart, German fascist, Juden und das Wirtschaftsleben |
| 1859 | Alice Eastwood, Toronto, botanist, Handbook of Trees of California |
| 1858 | Eugene Brieux, French playwright, Blanchette, Lesson Avaries |
| 1852 | Robert Adamson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, professor, served as chair of logic at University of Glasgow 1893 - 1902, important lectures published in 'The Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays' |
| 1851 | David Starr Jordan, New York, biologist/university President, Leland Stanford |
| 1851 | Johannes C. Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer |
| 1850 | Augustine Birrell, English Author |
| 1839 | Bohumil Pazdirek, composer |
| 1839 | Paul Cezanne, France, impressionist painter, Bathers |
| 1837 | William Williams Keen, surgeon, brain |
| 1832 | Ferdinand Laub, composer |
| 1832 | Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer |
| 1830 | George Blake Cosby, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1827 | Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor, Rafagas |
| 1820 | John Haskell King, Major General Union Army |
| 1816 | Henry Gray, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1813 | Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor, Bessemer engine |
| 1809 | Edgar Allan Poe, Boston, author, Pit and the Pendulum |
| 1808 | Lysander Spooner, American Philosopher |
| 1807 | Robert Edward Lee, Stratford, Virginia, General-in-Chief, Confederacy |
| 1807 | Robert E. Lee, American Soldier |
| 1806 | Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer |
| 1802 | [Jean] Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belgian Minister of Foreign affairs, 1831 |
| 1798 | Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder, sociology and positivism |
| 1790 | Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet, Blommorna |
| 1760 | Melchor Lopez Jimenez, composer |
| 1749 | Isaiah Thomas, U.S., printer/editor/publisher/historian |
| 1737 | Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer, Paul et Virgin |
| 1736 | James Watt, Scotland, inventor, steam engine |
| 1736 | Laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent and secretary of State 1787 - 1795 |
| 1686 | Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist |
| 1679 | Girolamo Chiti, composer |
| 1676 | John Weldon, composer |
| 1639 | Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian |
| 1613 | Jacques Huyn, composer |
| 1544 | Francis II de Valois-Angoulame, king of France, 1559 - 1560 |
| 1200 | Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto |
| 1200 | Dogen Zenji, Japanese Philosopher |
| 570 | Mohammed, Islamic prophet, Koran |
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