| 1981 | Mary Beth Arnold, born in Reno, Nevada, gymnast, World-bronze-95 |
| 1977 | Brandy Gold, born in Northridge, California, actress, Annie-Baby Makes 5 |
| 1975 | Dawn Piepenbrink, wildrose Wis, pairs skater, & Nick Castaneda |
| 1975 | Lil' Kim, born New York City, New York, born Kimberly Denise Jones, hip hop, rapper, debut album 'Conspiracy' generated three hit singles |
| 1974 | Andre Ooyer, soccer player, Ajax/FC Volendam |
| 1973 | Christine Monge, born in San Francisco, California, female pitcher, Colorado Silver Bullets |
| 1972 | Jerrott Willard, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs |
| 1972 | Joe Johnson, NFL defensive end for the New Orleans Saints |
| 1972 | Ken Irvin, NFL cornerback for the Buffalo Bills |
| 1972 | Michael Rosenbaum, American Actor |
| 1971 | Brett Hauer, born in Edina, Minnesota, NHL defenseman for the Edmonton Oilers |
| 1970 | Billy Ashley, born in Taylor, Michigan, outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 1970 | Pubudu Dissanayake, Sri Lanka cricket wicket-keeper 1993 |
| 1968 | Esera Tuaolo, NFL defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings |
| 1967 | Andy Ashby, born in Kansas City, Missouri, pitcher for the San Diego Padres |
| 1967 | Donne Wall, born in Potosi, Missouri, pitcher for the Houston Astros |
| 1966 | Debbe Dunning, born in Burbank, California, actress, Tool Time Girl-Home Improvement |
| 1966 | Mel Appleby, rocker, Mel and Kim-Coming to America |
| 1966 | Rod Strickland, NBA guard, Portland Trail Blazers, Washington Wizards |
| 1965 | Lisa Rinna, born in Newport Beach, California, actress, Billie-Days of Our Life |
| 1964 | Earl Jones, born in Inkster, Michigan, 800m runner 1984 Olympics bronze |
| 1963 | Al MacInnis, Inverness NS, NHL defenseman, Team Canada, St. Louis |
| 1962 | Dale Hellestrae, NFLer for the Dallas Cowboys |
| 1959 | Richie Sambora, guitarist, Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name |
| 1959 | Suzanne Vega, rock vocalist, My Name is Luka, Tom's Diner |
| 1958 | Mark Lester, born in Oxford, England, actor, Oliver, Prince and Pauper |
| 1958 | Ray Dodds, rocker, Fairground Attraction-You Send Me |
| 1957 | Michael Rose, born in Kingston, Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru-Brutal, Positive |
| 1957 | Peter Murphy, born in Northampton, England, vocalist, goth rock genre, member of rock group, Bauhaus, released solo albums Deep, Love Hysteria, nicknamed, 'The Godfather of Goth' |
| 1957 | Vince Williams, actor, Hamp-Guiding Light |
| 1956 | Sela Ward, born in Meridian, Mississippi, actress, Hilary-Emerald Point NAS, Sisters |
| 1955 | Sergey Babinov, U.S.S.R., ice hockey star, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics |
| 1954 | Benny Defranco, rocker, Defrnco Family |
| 1953 | Leon Spinks, U.S., heavyweight boxing champ, 1978, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics |
| 1953 | Peter Bergman, born in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, actor, Eat or Be Eaten |
| 1952 | Stephen Lang, born in New York City, actor, Another You, Death of a Salesman |
| 1951 | Bonnie Pointer, singer, The Pointer Sisters |
| 1951 | Lawrence J Delucas, born in Syracuse, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-50 |
| 1951 | Sridharan Jeganathan, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand 1983 |
| 1950 | Bonnie Pointer, singer, Pointer Sisters-Jump, I'm So Excited |
| 1950 | Jim Higgs, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner 1978-81 |
| 1946 | Beverly Todd, born in Ohio, actress, Roots, Having Babies, Redd Foxx Show |
| 1946 | Ed Markey, born in Malden, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1976 - |
| 1946 | Ed Markey, American Politician |
| 1945 | Adrienne Barbeau, born in Sacramento, California, actress, Maude |
| 1945 | Robin Muyser, Dutch bassist, Les Baroques |
| 1944 | Bill Boggs, born in Philadelphia, TV host/producer, Midday, Morton Downey, Jr. Show |
| 1944 | Peter de Savary, English financier/multi-millionaire |
| 1943 | Susan Seaforth Hayes, actress, Days of our Life, Young and Restless |
| 1943 | Howard Gardner, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, psychologist, invented theory of multiple intelligences, influenced by Jerome Bruner, Nelson Goodman, Jean Piaget, MacArthur Prize Fellowship, 1981 |
| 1942 | Marian Sarstadt, dancer/ballerina |
| 1940 | Terry Patchett, politician |
| 1939 | Larry Laoretti, born in Mahopac, New Jersey, PGA golfer, U.S. Seniors Open 1992 |
| 1939 | Seth Gaaikema, Dutch night club performer |
| 1938 | Terry Garthwaite, U.S. guitarist/singer, Joy of Cooking |
| 1935 | Earlene Dennis Brown, born in Latero, Texas, shot putter 1960 Olympics bronze |
| 1934 | Giorgio Armani, born in Milan, Italy, fashion designer, American Gigolo |
| 1933 | Olga Havlova, political activist |
| 1932 | Alex Hassilev, rocker, Limeliters |
| 1931 | Herman de Vries, Dutch sculptor |
| 1931 | Tab Hunter, actor, Damn Yankees, Lust in the Dust, Battle Cry |
| 1931 | Thurston Harris, born in Indianapolis, vocalist, Little Bitty Pretty One |
| 1930 | Gregory C Bell, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, long jumper 1956 Olympics gold |
| 1930 | John Alabaster, cricketer, New Zealand most prolific leg-spinner with 49 wkts |
| 1930 | Harold Bloom, American Critic |
| 1929 | Hermann Prey, born in Berlin, Germany, baritone, Wolfram-Tannhauser |
| 1928 | Nic Jonk, sculptor/painter, Jonas and the Whale |
| 1928 | Robert Washburn, composer |
| 1928 | Carl Olson, American Athlete |
| 1927 | Herbert Blomstedt, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, conductor, Oslo Phil 1954-61 |
| 1926 | Patrick Wymark, born in Cleethorpes, England, actor, Skull, Tomb of Ligeia |
| 1926 | Ralph D Abernathy, U.S., president, SCLC |
| 1926 | Rodolfo Arizaga, composer |
| 1926 | Frederick Buechner, American Clergyman |
| 1925 | Mattiwilda Dobbs, born in Atlanta, Georgia, soprano |
| 1925 | Nicolai Gedda, born in Stockholm, Sweden, opera tenor, Opera Two to Six |
| 1924 | Brett Somers, born in Canada, American actress, singer, comedienne, game show panelist |
| 1922 | Gene Evans, born in Hollbrook, Arizona, actor, My Friend Flicka, Matt Helm, Alamo |
| 1916 | Gough Whitlam, ALP, Australia, PM, 1972-75 |
| 1916 | Howard Brubeck, composer |
| 1915 | Colin Purdie Kelly, U.S., 1st U.S. air hero, during WW II |
| 1915 | George Ivan Smith, diplomat |
| 1915 | Yul Brynner, born in Sakhalin Island, Japan, actor, King and I, 10 Commandments |
| 1914 | Ahti Sonninen, composer |
| 1913 | Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, U.S., sci-fi author, Space Lords |
| 1913 | Kofi Busia, born in Wenchi, Ghana, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Catholic, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972 |
| 1910 | Irene Hervey, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Aunt Meg-Honey West |
| 1910 | John Francis Boyd, journalist |
| 1907 | Richard de Bury, English Writer |
| 1906 | Harry Von Zell, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, TV announcer, Burns and Allen |
| 1906 | Herbert Wehner, German communist/anti-communist politician, SPD |
| 1902 | Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education, 1946/54-58 |
| 1902 | Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Dutch/US phycist |
| 1899 | E. B. White, Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style |
| 1898 | Hendrik J Pos, Dutch philosopher/CEO, Committee of Watchfulness |
| 1898 | Herman de Man, Salomon H Hamburger, Dutch writer/Radio Orange |
| 1897 | Blind Lemon Jefferson, rocker |
| 1894 | Walter Wanger, Feuchtwanger, U.S. producer, Stagecoach |
| 1893 | Jack Durston, cricketer, England fast bowler against Australia 1921 |
| 1892 | Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composer |
| 1892 | Thomas Mitchell, born in New Jersey, academy award winning actor, Outlaw, Adventures |
| 1890 | Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal, WW II |
| 1890 | Georg Annenkov, Russian/French painter |
| 1889 | Alfred E. Green, born in Perris, California, director, Copacabana, Jolson Story |
| 1888 | Carl Schmitt, German nazi-lawyer, Verfassungslehre |
| 1888 | Lyman Bryson, Valentine Nebr, educator, U.N. Casebook |
| 1885 | Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter |
| 1882 | Leonard Nelson, German philosopher, Democracy und Fuhrerschaft |
| 1876 | Max Jacob, French writer, Concentration Camp, Le Siege de Jerusalem |
| 1871 | Stjepan Radic, founder/leader, Croatian Farmers' Party |
| 1866 | R Beer-Hofmann, writer |
| 1862 | Liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer |
| 1861 | Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer |
| 1861 | George William Norris, Rep/Sen-Neb, Lame duck-amendement |
| 1860 | Johannis J van Laar, Dutch chemist, thermodynamics |
| 1857 | Alfred Binet, French child psychologist |
| 1857 | Iacob Moresianu, composer |
| 1851 | Millie and Christine, North Carolina, siamese twins |
| 1844 | Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia |
| 1841 | Daniel de Lange, Dutch composer |
| 1841 | William Paul Roberts, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1838 | John Wanamaker, merchant, Wanamakers Department Store |
| 1837 | Paul Lacombe, composer |
| 1836 | Carlos Gomez, composer |
| 1826 | Alexander Aphanashev, Russian story teller, Narodnye roesskie skazki |
| 1825 | Edward Henry Hobson, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1824 | Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer |
| 1816 | French A. Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect |
| 1811 | Joseph Lanman, Commander Union Navy |
| 1810 | Eugene L Simonis, Belgian sculptor |
| 1767 | John Quincy Adams, Braintree, Massachusetts, 6th President of the United States, Democrat, 1825 - 1829 |
| 1754 | Thomas Bowdler, famous prude, bowdlerized Shakespeare |
| 1738 | Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon/viceroy of Hungary/Netherlands |
| 1697 | Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer/cartographer |
| 1694 | Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer |
| 1662 | Maximilian II Emanuel, elect of Bayern |
| 1657 | Frederik I, King of Prussia, 1701-13 |
| 1558 | Robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist, Friar Bacon |
| 1540 | Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg |
| 1274 | Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, 1306-29 |
| 154 | Bar Daisan, Bardesanes, Syrian theologist |
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