| 1992 | Bryant Jones, born in Camarillo, California, actor, Nate Hastings-Young and Restless |
| 1978 | Eisa Istok, Miss Illinois Teen USA 1996 |
| 1978 | Jacqie Turner, born in West Covina, California, figure skater, 1997 SW Pacific-2nd |
| 1978 | Vicki Renee Hughes, Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1997 |
| 1977 | Liv Tyler, born in New York City, daughter of Steven Tyler, actress, The Lord of the Rings trilogy |
| 1977 | Misty Marriah Esplin, born in Preston, Idaho, Miss America-Idaho 1997 |
| 1976 | Patrick Stephan Kluivert, Surinam/Dutch soccer player, Ajax |
| 1974 | Michele Krasnoo, born in Culver City, California, actress, Kickboxer IV |
| 1973 | Malina Milson, Australian softball 1st baseman 1996 Olympics bronze |
| 1972 | Corey Hirsch, Medicine Hat, NHL goalie, Vancouver Canucks |
| 1972 | Darrick Bledose, WLAF cornerback for the Frankfurt Galaxy |
| 1972 | Claire Forlani, born in Twickenham, London, actress, appeared in 'Meet Joe Black', 'Boys and Girls', 'The Pentagon Papers' |
| 1971 | Darick Holmes, NFL running back for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1971 | Oleg Antonenko, hockey forward, Team Belarus, Olympics-1998 |
| 1971 | Wanda Gonzalez, Miss Connecticut USA 1996 |
| 1971 | Missy Elliot, born in Portsmouth, Virginia, actress, producer, recording artist, double platinum album 'Under Construction', produced music for Mya, Beyonce, Lil' Kim |
| 1970 | Kevin O'Brien, WLAF linebacker, Barcelona Dragons |
| 1970 | Nicky Goetze, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 NCAA Acad |
| 1970 | Van Malone, NFL safety, Detroit Lions |
| 1969 | Gary Brown, NFL running back for the Houston Oilers |
| 1968 | Charles Wilson, NFL wide receiver for the New York Jets |
| 1968 | Roshumba Williams, born in Chicago, Illinois, model, Bride |
| 1967 | Dave Richardson, CFL tackle for the Hamilton Tiger Cats |
| 1967 | Mike Eastwood, born in Ottawa, NHL center, Winnipeg Jets |
| 1967 | Pamela Anderson, born in Ladysmith, Canada, actress, model, producer, former showgirl, famous role, C.J. Parker on 'Baywatch' television show |
| 1966 | Eric Ball, NFL running back for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1966 | Larisa Savchenko, Neiland Latvia, tennis star |
| 1966 | Patrick McEnroe, Manhasset, New York, tennis star |
| 1966 | Shawn Burr, Sarnia, NHL left wing, Tampa Bay Lightning |
| 1966 | Simon Arkell, Australian pole vaulter, Olympics-17th-92, 96 |
| 1965 | Luc Rochefort, Trois-Rivieres Que, golfer, 1991 Low Amateur Quebec |
| 1964 | Mike Twardoski, baseball player |
| 1964 | Poi Burton, rocker, Transvision Vamp-Velveteen |
| 1964 | Theresa Lynn, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actress, Orgasm Girl-Private Parts |
| 1963 | Edward Tsang Lu, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-84 |
| 1963 | Roddy Bottum, born in Los Angeles, California, rock keyboardist, Faith No More-Real Thing |
| 1962 | Andre Braugher, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Frank Pembleton-Homicide |
| 1961 | Diana, Princess of Wales, born in Park House, England, first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, mother of Princes William and Harry, noted for philanthropy |
| 1961 | Kalpana Chawla, Karnal, India, astronaut, STS-87 |
| 1961 | Carl Lewis, born in Birmingham, Alabama, American Athlete |
| 1960 | Alan Ruck, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Stuart-Spin City |
| 1960 | Evelyn "Champagne" King, born in Bronx, New York, disco singer, Shame, I'm in Love |
| 1960 | Lynn Jennings, Princeton, New Jersey, 5k runner |
| 1960 | Mike Fitzgerald, born in Long Beach, California, professional baseball player, catcher, played for the New York Mets, Montreal Expos, California Angels Major League Baseball Teams, 1983 - 1992 |
| 1959 | Anne Smith, born in Dallas, Texas, tennis star |
| 1958 | Nancy Lieberman Cline, Brooklyn, WNBA guard, Phoenix Mercury, Silver Medal 1976 Olympics |
| 1956 | Adrian Wright, rocker, Human League-Only Human |
| 1956 | Bill Caudill, born in Santa Monica, California, nickname 'Cuffs', baseball player, pitcher, played for American and National League teams, including, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners |
| 1956 | Lorna Patterson, Whittier California, actress, Airplane, Pvt Benjamin |
| 1955 | Keith Whitley, Sandy Hook, Kentucky, country singer, Don't Close Your Eyes |
| 1954 | Michael Daniel Reid, Bainbridge, Maryland, PGA golfer, 1987 Seiko Tucson |
| 1953 | Henry Percy, 11th duke of Northumberland, godchild of Elizabeth II |
| 1952 | Dan Aykroyd, born in Ottawa, Canada, comedian/actor, SNL, Dragnet |
| 1951 | Daryl Anderson, Seattle, actor, Animal-Lou Grant |
| 1951 | Fred Schneider, born in Newark, Georgia, vocalist and guitarist, B-52's-Rock Lobster |
| 1951 | Trevor Eve, Wales, actor, Shadow Chasers |
| 1949 | Andrew Scott, rocker, Sweet |
| 1946 | June Montiero, U.S., vocalist, Toys-A Lover's Concerto |
| 1946 | Ron Silver, born in New York City, actor, Gary-Rhoda, Entity, Silkwood, Best Friends |
| 1945 | Debbie Harry, American Musician |
| 1942 | Genevieve Bujold, Montreal, actress, King of Hearts, Choose Me, Coma |
| 1942 | Karen Black, Ziegler, Park Ridge, Illinois, 5 Easy Pieces, Pyx |
| 1942 | William Carney, born in Brooklyn, New York, Representative-R-New York, 1979 - 1987 |
| 1941 | John Gould, British composer/musical comic |
| 1941 | Rod Gilbert, Canada, NHL wing for the New York Rangers |
| 1941 | Sally Quinn, Georgia, CBS newscaster, Morning Show |
| 1941 | Twyla Tharp, born in Portland, Indiana, choreographer, Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe |
| 1940 | Jack Acker, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees |
| 1940 | Kenneth Clarke, British minister |
| 1939 | Charles Floyd Hatcher, born in Doerun, Georgia, Representative-D-Georgia 1981 - 1993 |
| 1939 | Delaney Bramlett, born in Oklahoma, rocker, Shindogs, Delaney and Bonnie |
| 1938 | Chester Watson, West Indian cricket fast bowler, early 60s |
| 1938 | Don Pavletich, baseball player |
| 1937 | Ebrahim I Ebrahim, South African ANCer/Umkhonto we Sizwe-leader |
| 1936 | Wally Amos, born in Tallahassee, Florida, actor, speaker, co-wrote, 'The Power in You', founder, 'Famous Amos' chocolate chip cookie brand, first African-American talent agent, represented Diana Ross & the Supremes, Simon & Garfunkel |
| 1935 | James Cotton, blues vocalist |
| 1935 | Seiji Ozawa, Fentian Shenyan, Manchuria, orchestra conductor |
| 1935 | David Prowse, British Actor |
| 1934 | Claude Berri, born in Paris, France, director, Le Sex Shop, L'Homme Blesse |
| 1934 | Jamie Farr, born in Toledo, Ohio, actor, Klinger-M*A*S*H, AfterMASH |
| 1934 | Jean Marsh, born in London, England, actress, Dark Places, Eagle has Landed |
| 1934 | Sydney Pollack, born in Indiana, American film director, producer, actor in over 30 films |
| 1933 | Frank Baumann, baseball player |
| 1932 | Bobby Day, Robert Byrd, Fort Worth, Texas, rock vocalist, Rockin' Robin |
| 1931 | Leslie Caron, born in Boulogne-Biliancourt, France, actress, Lili, Father Goose |
| 1931 | Tab Hunter, actor, Tab Hunter Show, Lust in the Dust |
| 1930 | Andreas JAI Bruggeman, Dutch mayor, Schipluiden/Leiderdorp |
| 1929 | Gerald M. Edelman, Scientist |
| 1928 | Constance Ford, U.S. actress, Cabinet of Calgary, Ada-Another World |
| 1928 | Volker Wangenheim, composer |
| 1927 | Ruben Gomez, baseball player |
| 1926 | Franclaois-Regis Bastide, writer/broadcaster |
| 1926 | Hans Werner Henze, Guttersloh Germany, composer, Das Floss Medusa |
| 1925 | Farley Granger, born in San Jose, California, actor, Arnold, Rope, Deathmask |
| 1923 | Constance Ford, actress, Ada Hobson-Another World |
| 1922 | Jean-Pierre Rampal, Louis, Marseilles France, flutist |
| 1921 | Seretse Khama, 1st premier/president of Botswana, Bechuanaland |
| 1919 | Hans Bender, German poet |
| 1916 | Olivia de Havilland, born in Tokyo, Japan, actress, Adventures of Robin Hood |
| 1915 | Jean Stafford, U.S. writer, Boston Adventure, Lion and Carpenter |
| 1915 | Viscount Leverhulm, English large landowner, Unilever |
| 1915 | Willie Dixon, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, bassist, Walkin' the Blues |
| 1914 | Cristyl Cranz, Germany, slalom 1936 Olympics gold |
| 1914 | Earle Warren, alto sax player |
| 1914 | Magda Gabor, born in Budapest, Hungary, actress, People vs Zsa Zsa Gabor |
| 1913 | Jo Sinclair, born in Brooklyn, New York, pen name Jo Sinlair, writer, novelist, focused on race relations and the struggle of immigrant families, wrote Sing at My Wake, Anna Teller |
| 1912 | Ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi Field Marshal/president/premier |
| 1912 | David Brower, environmentalist/president, Sierra Club |
| 1912 | Roy McKelvie, soldier/sports writer |
| 1912 | David R. Brower, American Environmentalist |
| 1911 | Alvino Rey, born in Cleveland, Ohio, orchestra leader, King Family |
| 1909 | Juan Carlos Onetti, novelist |
| 1909 | Madge Evans, born in Manhattan, New York City, TV panelist, Masquerade Party |
| 1908 | Estee Lauder, CEO, Estee Lauder's cosmetics |
| 1908 | Paul Hardy, Belgian writer, Best of Painted Furniture |
| 1908 | Peter Anders, German opera singer |
| 1907 | Bill Stern, born in Rochester, New York, sportscaster, Saturday Night Fights |
| 1906 | Edward Lansing Gordon, Jr., Jackson, Mississippi, long jumper, Olympics gold 32 |
| 1906 | Frank Parker, born in New York City, actor, Shawn-Days of our Life |
| 1904 | Mary Calderone, physician and president and co-founder of the SIECUS |
| 1903 | Amy Johnson, British pilot |
| 1903 | Beatrix Lehmann, born in England, actress, Candles at Nine, Staircase |
| 1902 | Billy Wyler, director, Ben Hur, Mrs. Miniver |
| 1902 | Jose Luis Sert, Spanish/U.S. architect |
| 1901 | Irna Phillips, born in Chicago, created 6 soap operas, Guiding Light |
| 1901 | Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist |
| 1899 | Cavan O'Connor, singer |
| 1899 | Charles Laughton, born in England, actor, Mutiny on Bounty, Spartacus |
| 1899 | Konstantijn Tsatsos, president Greece |
| 1898 | Andre-Marie Charue, bishop of Namen Belgium |
| 1896 | Pavel G. Antokolski, Russian poet/director, Syn, |
| 1893 | Walter Francis White, Atlanta Georgia |
| 1892 | James M. Cain, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, novelist, Postman Always Rings Twice |
| 1892 | Jean Lurcat, French painter/carpet designer |
| 1887 | Charles D. Brown, born in Iowa, actor, Barefoot Boy, Disbarred, Night Editor |
| 1881 | Piet L. Kramer, architect, Amsterdam School |
| 1879 | Leon Jouhaux, born in France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO, Nobel 1951 |
| 1874 | Michel H. Campen, author/critic, Bikoerim |
| 1872 | Louis Bleriot, 1st man to fly an airplane across English Channel |
| 1869 | William Strunk, Jr., American Writer |
| 1861 | Samuel D. Riddle, horse owner, Man 'o War |
| 1857 | Roger Connor, 1st baseman for the New York Giants |
| 1844 | Verney L. Cameroon, English explorer, Tanganyika |
| 1840 | Robert S. Ball, Irish mathematician and astronomer |
| 1833 | Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert, Major General Union Army |
| 1818 | Ignaz Semmelweis, gynecologist |
| 1813 | Pavel Annenkov, Russian lit historian, Zametsjatelnoje desjatiletie |
| 1812 | Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dutch genealogist/heraldicus |
| 1810 | Walter White, secretary, NAACP |
| 1807 | Thomas Green Clemson, mining engineer, endowed Clemson University |
| 1804 | George Sand, born in France, female, novelist, Valentine, Le Figaro |
| 1802 | Gideon Welles, Secretary Navy, Union |
| 1788 | Jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry |
| 1764 | Georg Christoph Grosheim, composer |
| 1742 | Georg C. Lichtenberg, German physicist/writer, types of Lichtenberg |
| 1735 | James Lyon, composer |
| 1723 | Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/historian/literary |
| 1688 | Johann Ludwig Steiner, composer |
| 1663 | Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer |
| 1646 | Gottfried Leibniz, German Philosopher |
| 1586 | Claudio Saracini, composer |
| 1574 | Joseph Hall, English Clergyman |
| 1560 | Charles van Croij, prince of Chimay/duke of Aarschot |
| 1534 | Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway, 1559-88 |
| 1511 | Hadrianus Junius, Adriaen de Jonghe, medical/historian/humanist |
| 1506 | Louis II, king of Hungary/Bohemia, 1516-26 |
| 1381 | Laurentius Justitianus, Lorenzo Giustiniani, saint |
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