| 1980 | Aubrie Rippner, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1995 USTA National Girls 18 |
| 1979 | Kelly Gaudet, Miss Florida Teen USA 1996 |
| 1976 | Amanda Little, Miss USA-Texas, 1997, top 6 |
| 1976 | Emma Bunton, born in Barnet, England, singer, songwriter, member of Spice Girls girl band, which sold over 35 million albums, nicknamed, 'Baby Spice' |
| 1976 | Lynn Thomas, Newport News, Virginia, playmate, May 1997 |
| 1975 | Anette Oldenborg, Miss Universe-Denmark 1996 |
| 1975 | Faghma Absalom, Miss Universe-Namibia 1996 |
| 1975 | Willem Korsten, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse |
| 1974 | Jerald Sowell, fullback for the New York Jets |
| 1974 | Jerry Wunsch, tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| 1974 | Orpheus Roye, defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers |
| 1973 | Bubba Miller, corner for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1973 | Grady Jackson, defensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1973 | Jamal Cox, WLAF linebacker for the Rhein Fire |
| 1972 | Alan Benes, Evansville, Indiana, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1972 | Howard Nathan, NBA guard for the Atlanta Hawks |
| 1972 | Shelley Looney, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics |
| 1971 | Doug Edwards, NBA forward for the Vancouver Grizzlies |
| 1971 | Doug Weight, Warren, Michigan, NHL center, Edmonton Oilers, Team USA 98 |
| 1971 | Tommy Puett, born in Gary, Indiana, actor, Tyler-Life Goes On, America's Top 10 |
| 1970 | Brennan Little, St. Thomas Ont, golfer, 1994 Western States mini-tour |
| 1970 | Ian Salisbury, cricketer, Sussex and England leg-spinner 1992-96 |
| 1969 | Ashley Sheppard, NFL linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1969 | Matt Willig, NFL tackle and guard, Atlanta Falcons, New York Jets |
| 1969 | Rusty Greer, Ft. Rucker AL, outfielder for the Texas Rangers |
| 1969 | Ted Long, CFL slot back for the Hamilton Tiger Cats |
| 1968 | Charlotte Ross, Chicago, actress, Eve-Days of Our Lives |
| 1968 | Tom Urbani, Santa Cruz California, pitcher, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers |
| 1967 | Ulf Stenlund, born in Falun, Sweden, professional tennis player, won one doubles title in Bari, 1987 and one singles title in Palermo, 1986, highest ATP-ranking was 23rd in the World, April, 1987 |
| 1966 | Chris Hammond, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins |
| 1966 | Katrine Michaelsen, Gentokte Denmark, Miss Denmark, 1984 |
| 1965 | Brian Bradley, Kitchener, NHL center, Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 1965 | Cordell Crockett, rocker, Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad |
| 1965 | Eric Moore, NFL tackle for the Cleveland Browns |
| 1965 | Tania Abitbol, born in Madrid, Spain, LPGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Women's Open-4th |
| 1965 | Jam Master Jay, American Musician |
| 1963 | Cindy Schreyer, Forest Park Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1993 Sun-Times Challenge |
| 1963 | Detlef Schrempf, Germany, NBA forward, Mavericks, Pacers, Supersonics |
| 1963 | Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, Nigeria, NBA center, Rockets, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics |
| 1963 | Jessie Hester, NFL player for the St. Louis Rams |
| 1962 | Marie Trintignant, French Actress |
| 1961 | Gabrielle Carteris, born in Phoenix, Arizona, actress, Andrea-Beverly Hills 90210 |
| 1961 | Sherry Ramsay, Stauton, Virginia, actress, Trish Mason-As the World Turns |
| 1958 | Miguel Alejandro, New York City, actor, Popi |
| 1957 | Jacob Green, NFL defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1957 | Shaukat Dukanwala, cricketer, Baroda off-spinner, UAE World Cup 1996 |
| 1956 | Bob Brill, New York City, drummer, Berlin-You Take My Breath Away |
| 1956 | Geena Davis, born in Wareham, Massachusetts, actress, film producer, appeared in 'The Accidental Tourist', 'Thelma and Louise', 'A League of Their Own' |
| 1955 | Peter Fleming, New Jersey, tennis player, U.S. Open Doubles 1979, 81, 83 |
| 1955 | Robby Benson, born in Dallas, Texas, actor, One on One, Running Brave, Chosen |
| 1955 | Jeff Koons, born in York, Pennsylvania, artist, known for large reproductions of ordinary objects, including brightly colored balloon animals made of stainless steel |
| 1953 | Fausto Bara, Mexico, actor, Gaucho-Renegades |
| 1953 | Paul Allen, born in Seattle, Washington, co-founder of Microsoft with Bill Gates, worth $10 billion, 'Time' magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World |
| 1950 | Billy Ocean, Leslie S Charles, Trinidad, singer, Caribbean Queen |
| 1950 | Joseph R Tanner, Danville, Illinois, astronaut, STS-66, 82, sk: 97 |
| 1950 | Gary Locke, American Politician |
| 1947 | Jill Eikenberry, New Haven, Connecticut, Ann Kelsey-LA Law, Manhattan Project |
| 1947 | Jimmy Ibbotson, Penn, country singer, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 1946 | Vincent Placoly, Martinique, writer, L'eau-de-mort guildive |
| 1946 | Johnny Oates, American Athlete |
| 1945 | Andrew Stein, President of New York City council, D |
| 1945 | Chris Britton, rocker, Troggs-Rock and Roll Goldmine |
| 1944 | John Kenneth Tavener, composer |
| 1944 | Neely Bruce, born in America, composer, conductor, pianist, scholar of American music, Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University, chorus director for Connecticut Opera |
| 1944 | Jack Henry Abbott, American Author |
| 1942 | Mac Davis, Lubbock, Texas, singer and actor, Mac Davis Show, North Dallas 40 |
| 1942 | Edwin Starr, U.S. singer, War |
| 1941 | Placido Domingo, born in Madrid, Spain, opera tenor, Pinkerton-Mme Butterfly |
| 1941 | Richie Havens, Brooklyn, folk singer, Here Comes the Sun |
| 1940 | Jack Nicklaus, Columbus Ohio, golfer, Player of Yr 1967,72,73,75,76 |
| 1940 | Marquis of Tavistock, English large landowner/multi-millionaire |
| 1939 | Mary Ellen McAnally, Illinois, poet, Dance of the Zygotes |
| 1939 | Wolfman Jack, Bob Smith, born in Brooklyn, New York, DJ, Midnight Special |
| 1935 | Ann Wedgeworth, Abilene, Texas, actress, Tiger's Tale, Men's Club, Bogie |
| 1933 | Itzhak Fuks, Israeli El Al captain, crashed in Amsterdam |
| 1933 | William Wrigley III, chewing gum mogul, Wrigleys |
| 1932 | Boris Shakhlin, Russia, gymnast, Gold Medals 1956, 1960, 1964 Olympics |
| 1930 | Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Russia, cosmonaut |
| 1926 | Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer |
| 1926 | Raf Reymen, Flemish actor |
| 1926 | Steve Reeves, Glasgow Montana, actor, Hercules, Hercules Unchained |
| 1925 | Lola Flores, Cadiz Spain, singer and actress, Kuma Ching, Faraona |
| 1925 | Oswald "Ossie" Stevens Nock, railway writer |
| 1924 | Benny Hill, born in Southampton, England, comedian, Benny Hill Show |
| 1924 | Telly Savalas, Garden City, New Jersey, actor, Acapulco, Kojak |
| 1923 | Judith Merril, Josephine Juliet Grossman, sci-fi writer |
| 1922 | Jean P Vroom, Dutch sculptor |
| 1922 | Paul Scofield, born in England, stage and screen actor, considered one of the best British actors of the 20th century |
| 1921 | Barney Clark, 1st to receive a permanent artificial heart |
| 1921 | John Doucette, Brockton Massachusetts, actor, Lock Up, Big Town |
| 1920 | Donald Cuthbert Coleman, economic historian |
| 1920 | Errol Walton Barrow, Prime Minister of Barbados, DLP, 1966 - 1976, 1986 - 1987 |
| 1920 | Torsten Nilsson, composer |
| 1919 | Jinx Falkenburg, Barcelona Spain, actress, Masquerade Party |
| 1918 | Geoffrey Dawes, physiologist |
| 1917 | Rohan Butler, historian |
| 1916 | Al James Woodie exander, songwriter/vocalist |
| 1915 | Alan Hewitt, New York City, actor, Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian |
| 1912 | Konrad Bloch, Germany, biochemist, studied cholesterol-Nobel 1964 |
| 1911 | Stanley William Reed, cineaste |
| 1910 | Lord Cayzer, British financier/swcheeps magnate/multi-millionaire |
| 1909 | Todor Skalovski, composer |
| 1908 | Bengt Stromgren, Goteborg Sweden, astrophysicist, studied gas cloud |
| 1906 | Fred Fehl, Austrian/US Broadway photographer |
| 1905 | Christian Dior, Normandy France, fashion designer, long-skirted look |
| 1904 | Joseph Ford McGuinn, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dick Tracy's G-Men |
| 1904 | Richard P Blackmur, Massachusetts, critic/poet, Good European |
| 1898 | Avery Claflin, composer |
| 1898 | John George, Syria, actor, Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu |
| 1897 | J Carrol Naish, New York City, actor, Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan |
| 1891 | Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese runner |
| 1891 | Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer |
| 1891 | Timothy Mather Spelman, composer |
| 1889 | Bert Collins, cricketer, Aussie batsman in the post WW I years |
| 1889 | Pitirim A. Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, Social mobility |
| 1887 | Alfred Henry Ackley, composer |
| 1887 | Wolfgang Kohler, German/U.S. Gestalt psychologist, Mentality of Apes |
| 1886 | Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Finance/Economy |
| 1885 | Umberto Nobile, Italian general |
| 1885 | Huddie Ledbetter, Musician |
| 1884 | Katie Sandwina, Germany, legendary woman weight-lifter |
| 1884 | Roger Nash Baldwin, founder, American Civil Liberties Union |
| 1883 | Olav Aukrust, Norway, poet |
| 1878 | Egon Friedell, Austria, journalist/actor/writer, Der Partylowe |
| 1875 | John Lindworsky, German jesuit/psychologist, Der Wille |
| 1875 | Paul E Kahle, Germany, professor of oriental studies |
| 1872 | Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister |
| 1872 | Jonkhr Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister |
| 1867 | James Marcus, actor, Eagle, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Lone Avenger |
| 1867 | Maxime Weygard, French general/Governor-General, Algeria |
| 1867 | Willem C Royaards, Dutch theater director, Summer Games |
| 1865 | Heinrich E Albers-Schonberg, German rontgenologist |
| 1859 | Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer |
| 1855 | John M Browning, U.S., weapons manufacturer |
| 1848 | Henri Duparc, French composer |
| 1840 | Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician |
| 1833 | Norman Willis, union leader, Britain's Trades Union Congress |
| 1829 | Oscar II Frederik, King of Sweden, 1872 - 1907, Norway, -1905, poet |
| 1824 | Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lieutenant General 2nd Corps, ANV, Confederate |
| 1824 | Thomas J. Jackson, American Soldier |
| 1823 | Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer |
| 1821 | John Cabell Breckinridge, D, 14th U.S. Vice President, 1857 - 1861, major-general, Confederate |
| 1815 | Horace Wells, dentist, pioneered use of medical anethesia |
| 1814 | Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer |
| 1813 | John C Fremont, Pathfinder, map maker/explorer, western U.S., Gov, AZ |
| 1813 | John Charles Fremont, American Soldier |
| 1801 | Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer |
| 1796 | John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author |
| 1792 | Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller, Rhymes and Tales |
| 1775 | Manuel Garcia, composer |
| 1771 | Arnold A. Buyskes, Dutch Vice-Admiral/colonial director |
| 1762 | Giuseppe Antonio Silvani, composer |
| 1759 | Johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician/patriot |
| 1751 | Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer |
| 1746 | Johann H Pestalozzi, born in Zurich, Switzerland, educator, Leonard and Gertrude, |
| 1743 | John Fitch, inventor, had a working steamboat years before Fulton |
| 1735 | Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer |
| 1659 | Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect |
| 1571 | John I Pontanus, physicist/historian, Amsterdam |
| 1337 | Charles V, the Wise, king of France, 1364-80 |
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