| 1980 | Lori Fredrickson, born in Aurora, Illinois, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96 |
| 1977 | Ashley Scott, American Actress |
| 1975 | Danielle Boatwright, born in Kansas, Miss USA, Kansas-2nd-1996 |
| 1973 | Gavin Hassett, born in Saint John, New Brunswick, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1973 | Deborah Cox, born in Toronto, Canada, actress, singer, hit song, 'Nobody's Supposed to Be Here' was 'Billboard's' longest-running number one R&B and hip-hop single |
| 1972 | Clint Sodowsky, born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers |
| 1971 | Scott Brodie, born in St. Catharines, Ontario, rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Lou Rosselli, born in New York City, 114 lbs/52 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Steven J Brown, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, guitarist, Trixter-Give It To Me Good |
| 1969 | Ewan Beaton, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 60 kg judoka, Olympics-9-92, 96 |
| 1969 | Jamie Walter, actor, Pirate Island |
| 1969 | Kim Braatz, born in Santa Ana, California, female outfielder, Colorado Silver Bullets |
| 1969 | Richard Roelofsen, soccer player, Vitesse/MVV |
| 1969 | Jamie Walters, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, singer, record producer, appeared on Beverly Hills, 90210, the Heights, song, 'How Do You Talk To An Angel' hit number 1 on Billboard Hot 100 |
| 1968 | Kai Bjorn, CFL offensive linebacker, Montreal Alouettes |
| 1968 | Silke Meier, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Bad Gogging |
| 1967 | Pat Rapp, born in Jennings, Louisiana, pitcher for the Florida Marlins |
| 1967 | Tony Massenburg, NBA forward for the Vancouver Grizzlies |
| 1966 | Myong Hui Choe, born in North Korea, gymnast, Olympic-1980 |
| 1964 | Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer, Bengal slow left-arm bowler |
| 1963 | Anthony Webb, NBA guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 1963 | Bob Carpenter, NHL left wing for the New Jersey Devils |
| 1963 | Bobby Rock, born in Houston, Texas, rock drummer, Nelson-Love and Affection |
| 1963 | Spud Webb, NBA guard for the Atlanta Hawks |
| 1962 | Tom Kenny, American Actor |
| 1961 | Anders Jarryd, born in Lidkoping, Sweden, tennis star |
| 1960 | Ian Hislop, born in Mumbles, Wales, writer, editor, Private Eye magazine, broadcaster, radio, television, team captain on BBC's 'Have I Got News for You' |
| 1959 | Danitra Vance, comedienne, SNL, Little Man Tate, Limit Up |
| 1957 | Cameron Crowe, director, Jerry Maguire, Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| 1956 | Mark Mendoza, born in Long Island, New York, born Mark Glickman, known as Mark 'The Animal' Mendoza, bassist, songwriter, musician, member of band, Twisted Sister, also performed with The Dictators, Blackfoot, genres include hard rock, shank rock |
| 1954 | David Thompson, NBA guard, Phoenix Suns, Seattle Supersonics |
| 1954 | Louise Mandrell, born in Corpus Christi, Texas, country singer, Mandrell Sisters |
| 1954 | Ray "Candles" Bright, Australian cricket slow-left armer, 1977-86 |
| 1953 | Larry Gomes, dependable WI cricket left-handed batsman, 1976-87 |
| 1951 | Didi Conn, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Denise-Benson, Grease |
| 1951 | Rob Bishop, American Politician |
| 1950 | George D. Nelson, born in Iowa, PhD/astronaut, STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26 |
| 1949 | Helena Fibingerova, born in Czechoslovakia, shot putter 1976 Olympics bronze |
| 1948 | Alf Hansen, born in Norway, double sculls, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics |
| 1948 | Daphne Maxwell Reid, actress, Frank's Place |
| 1948 | Don Sweet, Vancouver, CFL, NFL place kicker, Montreal, Green Bay |
| 1948 | Linda Ann Simon, airline captain |
| 1948 | Robert A. Underwood, born in Tamuning, Guam, Representative-D-Guam 1993 - 2003 |
| 1948 | Ronald Machtley, born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Rhode Island 1989 - 1995 |
| 1946 | Cheech Marin, comedian, Cheech and Chong-Up in Smoke |
| 1946 | Michael Shea, U.S., sci-fi author, Fat Face, Polyphemus |
| 1945 | Ashley "Rowdy" Mallett, Australian cricket off-spinner, 1968-80 |
| 1945 | Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer, Duvelsmoer |
| 1944 | Eric Freeman, Australian cricket pace bowler, late 60's |
| 1944 | Erno Rubik, born in Budapest, inventor, Rubik's cube |
| 1942 | Giancarlo Giannini, born in Spezia, Italy,actor, New York Stories, Sensual Man |
| 1942 | Harrison Ford, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Frantic |
| 1942 | Jay Uzzell, rocker, Corsairs |
| 1942 | Rod Chandler, born in La Grande, Oregon, Representative-R-Washington 1983 - 1993 |
| 1942 | Roger McGuinn, guitarist, Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr. Tambourine Man |
| 1942 | Stephen Jo Bladd, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rocker, J Geils Band-Centerfold |
| 1941 | Graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler, 1964 England tour |
| 1941 | Jacques Perrin, Paris, France, actress, Cinema Paradiso, 317th Platoon |
| 1941 | Lut[guard] Tomsin, actress/director, Knock on the Door |
| 1941 | Robert Forster, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Lady in Red, Alligator |
| 1940 | Patrick Stewart, born in England, actor, Picard-Star Trek Next Generation |
| 1940 | Paul Prudhomme, cajun chef, K-Paul |
| 1937 | Charles Coody, born in Stamford, Texas, PGA golfer, 1971 Masters |
| 1935 | Jack Kemp, born in Los Angeles, California, Representative-R-New York 1971 - 1989, U.S. Secretary of Housing, 1989 - 1993 |
| 1934 | Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 5, 8, 10 |
| 1934 | Ivor Mendonca, WI cricket wicket-keeper, 2 Tests 1962 |
| 1934 | Wole Soyinka, born in Nigeria, dramatist, Road, Kongi's Harvest-Nobel 1986 |
| 1933 | David M Storey, British rugby player/playwright, Home |
| 1933 | Patsy Byrne, born in Ashford, England, actress, Stealing Heaven |
| 1932 | Per Norgard, born in Gentofte, Denmark, composer, famous 20th century Danish composer, music features use of infinity series for serializing melody, harmony, rhythm in musical composition |
| 1931 | Bill Moor, born in Toledo, Ohio, actor, Hanky Panky |
| 1928 | Bob Crane, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, actor, Col Hogan-Hogan's Heroes, Donna Reed |
| 1928 | Donal Michalsky, composer |
| 1927 | Karl I Pelgrom, Dutch sculptor |
| 1927 | Simone Veil, President European parliament, France |
| 1926 | Meyer Kupferman, New York City, composer, In Fimi Tres |
| 1925 | Hilary Grover Barratt Brown, conservationist |
| 1923 | Susie Bond, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actress, Flo, Temperature Rising |
| 1922 | Anchor Jorgenson, premier of Denmark, 1972-82 |
| 1922 | Lois Kibbee, actress, Edge of Night |
| 1921 | Charles Scribner, Jr., music publisher, Scribner |
| 1921 | Ernest Gold, born in Vienna, Austria, Ernst Gold, composer, wrote nearly 100 film and television scores, including It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, On the Beach, four Academy-Award nominations, three Golden Globe nominations |
| 1920 | Hans Blumenberg, philosopher |
| 1913 | Carolina Gisolf, Holland, high jumper 1928 Olympics silver |
| 1913 | Dave Garroway, born in Schnectady, New York, TV host, Today Show |
| 1913 | Ladislav Holoubek, composer |
| 1913 | Walter Landor, designer |
| 1909 | David Branson, composer |
| 1909 | Paul Constantinescu, composer |
| 1909 | Washington Castro, composer |
| 1906 | Harry Sosnik, born in Chicago, orchestra leader, Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade |
| 1903 | Eric Portman, born in Yorkshire, England, actor, Naked Edge, Canterbury Tale |
| 1901 | Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight boxing champ, 1922-26 |
| 1901 | Tillie Ehrlich Lewin, leading industrialist, tomato queen |
| 1900 | JH Scheps, Dutch 2nd-Member of parliament, social democratic |
| 1898 | Martin David, German/Netherlands law historian |
| 1895 | Sidney Blackmer, born in Salisbury, North Carolina, actor, Ted Roosevelt in 12 movies |
| 1894 | Isaac Babel, Russian Journalist |
| 1891 | Franco Casavola, composer |
| 1888 | Fernando A N de Seabra Pessoa, Portuguese poet, Mensagem |
| 1888 | Jean Murat, Pergneux France, actor, Eternal Rain, Carnival Flanders |
| 1884 | Francis B Young, British physician/writer, White Ladies |
| 1884 | John Francis Larchet, composer |
| 1883 | [Louis C] Marcel Berckmans, painter/actor, Potasch and Perlemoer |
| 1877 | Karl Erb, German tenor |
| 1872 | Alfons van de Perre, Flemish physician/MP |
| 1863 | Emma Mary Wooley, educator, Mary Anna Wells |
| 1859 | Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter |
| 1850 | Hipolito Irigoyen, president Argentina, 1916-22, 1928-30 |
| 1847 | Cornelie Huygens, feminist/author, Barthold Meryan |
| 1826 | Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist, Reaction of Cannizzaro |
| 1821 | Nathan Bedford Forrest, born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South |
| 1816 | Gustav Freytag, writer |
| 1815 | James Alexander Seddon, Secretary War, Confederacy |
| 1793 | John Clare, Northamptonshire peasant poet, Shepard's Calendar |
| 1773 | Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer, Fantasies about Art |
| 1608 | Ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor, 1637 - 1657 |
| 1590 | Clement X, Emilio Altieri, Italy, Pope, 1670 - 1676 |
| 1527 | John Dee, London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician |
| 1396 | Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy |
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