| 1982 | Natasha Hamilton, British Musician |
| 1975 | Troy Amos Ross, born in Georgetown, Guyana, Canadian boxer 1996 Olympics |
| 1975 | Elena Anaya, born in Palencia, Spain, Spanish actress |
| 1973 | Horacio Llamas, NBA center for the Phoenix Suns |
| 1972 | Donny Marshall, NBA forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1972 | Eric Williams, NBA forward, Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics |
| 1972 | Melissa "Missy" Schwen, born in Bloomington, Indiana, rower, 1996 Olympics silver |
| 1972 | Michael Lampert, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998 |
| 1972 | Molly Parker, Canadian Actress |
| 1971 | Calbert Cheaney, NBA forward and guard, Washington Bullets/Wizards |
| 1971 | Daniel Kunce, Sumperk GER, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998 |
| 1971 | Cory Doctorow, Canadian Journalist |
| 1971 | Soundarya, born in Gangigunte, India, film actress, played heroine in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films |
| 1970 | Bronwyn Roye, Australian rower 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Mandy Smith, England, rocker, I Just Can't Wait, wife of Bill Wyman |
| 1969 | Tommy Soderstrom, born in Stockholm, Sweden, NHL goalie, Sweden, New York Islanders |
| 1967 | Kevin Pritchard, NBA guard, Washington Bullets |
| 1967 | Pearl Sinn, born in Seoul, Korea, LPGA golfer, 1995 LPGA Corning Classic-35th |
| 1966 | Michael John Bradley, born in Largo, Florida, PGA golfer, 1993 Kemper Open-3rd |
| 1965 | Alex Winter, born in London, England, actor, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure |
| 1965 | Ken Evraire, CFL slot back for the Hamilton Tiger Cats |
| 1964 | Heather Langenkamp, actress, Marie-Just the 10 of Us |
| 1963 | Denise Miller, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Billie-Archie Bunker's Place |
| 1963 | Matti Nykanen, Finnish ski jumper, Gold Medals 1984, 1988 Olympics |
| 1962 | Jay Barrs, born in Jacksonville, Florida, archer, Gold Medals 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics |
| 1960 | Jan Wouters, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, Bayern Munich, PSV |
| 1960 | Karen Elaine Price, born in Pasadena, California, playmate, January, 1981 |
| 1960 | Kim Barnett, cricketer, England batsman and occasional leggie 1988-89 |
| 1960 | Nancy Giles, born in New York City, actress, Connie-Delta, Off Beat, Big, Angie |
| 1960 | Robin Shou, martial arts actor, Mortal Kombat, Beverly Hills Ninja |
| 1960 | Scott Norwood, NFL kicker, Buffalo Bills-Superbowl XXV goat |
| 1960 | Mark Burnett, born in London, England, television producer, creator of based reality television to the U.S., created shows, 'Survivor' and 'The Apprentice' |
| 1959 | Janet Lynn Kavandi, born in Springfield, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, sk:STS-91 |
| 1957 | Bruce Crump, rock drummer, Molly Hatchet |
| 1956 | Bryan Trottier, Val Marie Sask, NHL Center for the New York Islanders |
| 1954 | J. Michael Straczynski, American Producer |
| 1954 | Angela Merkel, German Statesman |
| 1952 | Chet McCracken, born in Seattle, Washington rocker, Doobie Brothers |
| 1952 | David Hasselhoff, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Night Rider, Mitch-Baywatch |
| 1952 | Nicolette Larson, born in Kansas City, Missouri, rock vocalist, Twins, Lotta Love |
| 1952 | Phoebe Snow, singer, Theme from "It's a Different World" |
| 1952 | Robert R[ick] McCammon, U.S., sci-fi author, Baal, Mystery Walk |
| 1952 | The Lau, Dutch singer/guitarist/composer, The Scene, Row Row Row |
| 1951 | Lucie Arnaz, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Kim-Here's Lucy, Jazz Singer |
| 1949 | Geezer Butler, born in Birmingham, rocker, Black Sabbath |
| 1949 | Mick Tucker, London, rock drummer, Sweet Harlesden |
| 1949 | Mike Vale, rock bassist, Tommy James and The Shondells |
| 1949 | Terry "Geezer" Butler, born in Birmingham, rock bassist, Black Sabbath |
| 1948 | Brian Glascock, rock drummer, Motels-Only the Lonely |
| 1948 | Cathy Ferguson, 100m backstroke swimmer 1964 Olympic gold |
| 1948 | Luc Bondy, born in Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1947 | Camilla Parker-Bowles, born in London, England, Prince Charles' lover |
| 1945 | Fenneken Fockema Andreae, Dutch actress, Sea Gull |
| 1944 | Mark Burgess, cricketer, New Zealand batsman of the 70's |
| 1942 | Connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA, Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968 |
| 1942 | Gale Garnett, Auckland New Zealand, singer, We'll Sing in the Sunshine |
| 1942 | Spencer Davis, rocker, Spencer Davis Group |
| 1941 | Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper, too often in Knotty's shadow |
| 1941 | Daryle Lamonica, Oakland Raider quarterback, AFL leading passer 1967 |
| 1940 | Phyllis Davis, born in Port Arthur, Texas, actress, Love American Style, Vega$ |
| 1939 | Spencer Davis, born in Wales, vocalist, Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin |
| 1939 | Warwick Hutton, born in Britain, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen |
| 1937 | Jose Ignacio Cabrujas, writer |
| 1935 | Diahann Carroll, born in Bronx, actress, Julia, Claudine, Dominique-Dynasty |
| 1934 | Donald Sutherland, St. John NB, actor, M*A*S*H, Body Snatchers |
| 1934 | Pat McCormick, comedian, Don Rickles Show, New Bill Cosby Show |
| 1934 | Philippe Capdenat, composer |
| 1933 | Tony Pithey, cricketer, brother of David, South African batsman in 17 Tests |
| 1932 | Niccolo Castiglioni, composer |
| 1932 | Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist, Charlie Brown TV specials |
| 1932 | Wojciech Kilar, born in Lwow, Poland, composer of film, classical, symphonic music, won French Lili Boulanger Prize for composition 1960 |
| 1930 | Ryohei Hirose, born in Hakodate, Japan, composer, professor, Kyoto University of Arts 1977 - 1996, composes music for shakuhachi, recorder, viola da gamba |
| 1928 | Jean Elizabeth Leuckert Muir, designer dressmaker |
| 1922 | Donald Alfred Davie, poet and critic |
| 1921 | Mildred Davenport, Wyoming, actress, Tarzan and Leopard Woman |
| 1921 | George Barnes, guitarist, Skip Farrell Show |
| 1920 | Bill Monroe, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, newscaster, NBC-TV, Congressional Report |
| 1920 | Helen Walker, Worcester, Massachusetts, actress, Brewster's Million |
| 1920 | Juan Antonio Samaranch, chairman, International Olympic Committee |
| 1920 | Rudolf Karpati, born in Hungary, sabres, Gold Medals 1956, 1960 Olympics, 60 |
| 1920 | Gordon Gould, American Physicist |
| 1919 | Alex Moir, cricketer, New Zealand leg-spinner in 17 Tests 1950-59 |
| 1917 | Lou Bourdeau, baseball player/manager, 1948 AP Athlete of Year |
| 1917 | Phyllis Diller, born in Lima, Ohio, comedienne, Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number |
| 1916 | Eleanor Steber, born in Wheeling, West Virginia, soprano, Metropolitan Opera-1940 |
| 1915 | Cass Daley, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actress, Red Garters |
| 1915 | Dorothy Poynton-Hill, U.S., platform diver 1932 Olympics gold |
| 1915 | Esther Williamson Ballou, composer |
| 1914 | Lucille Benson, born in Scottsboro, Alabama, actress, Lilly-Bosom Buddies |
| 1913 | Everett Helm, composer |
| 1913 | Roger Garaudy, French philosopher |
| 1912 | Art Linkletter, born in Saskatchewan, Canada, TV host, People are Funny |
| 1912 | Pal Kovacs, born in Hungary, sabres 1952 Olympics gold |
| 1909 | Hardy Amies, born in London, England, royal dressmaker, Queen Elizabeth II |
| 1908 | Rudolf Petzold, composer |
| 1906 | John Carroll, Julian LaFaye, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Wolf Call |
| 1905 | Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan |
| 1904 | Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor |
| 1903 | Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky, composer |
| 1902 | Christina Stead, born in Australia, novelist, Man Who Loved Children |
| 1900 | James Cagney, actor, Yankee Doodle Dandy, hold that grapefruit |
| 1898 | Berenice Abbott, born in Springfield, Ohio, photographer, World of Atget |
| 1897 | Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge |
| 1894 | Mary Clare, born in London, England, actress, Evil Mind, Young and Innocent |
| 1894 | Warren Weaver, American Scientist |
| 1889 | Erle Stanley Gardner, U.S. detective writer, Perry Mason |
| 1888 | Shmuel Agnon, born in Israel, novelist, Day Before Yesterday-Nobel 1966 |
| 1885 | Benjamin James Dale, composer |
| 1883 | Bart de Ligt, anti militarist theologist, Acting Peace |
| 1883 | Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor and director, Erotikon |
| 1878 | Henri Zagwijn, composer |
| 1876 | Maxim M Litvinov, Meyer H Wallach, Russian diplomat |
| 1876 | Vittorio Gnecchi, composer |
| 1875 | Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer |
| 1873 | Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano, Rigoletto |
| 1871 | Lyonel C. A. Feininger, U.S. cartoonist/painter |
| 1859 | Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist, founded Federalist Party |
| 1853 | Francesco Fanciulli, composer |
| 1839 | Friedrich Gernsheim, composer |
| 1832 | Johan August Soderman, composer |
| 1830 | Eelco Refer, linguist, Dictionary for the Dutch translator |
| 1827 | Frederick A. Able, English chemist/inventor, cordiet |
| 1817 | Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer |
| 1775 | August Harder, composer |
| 1774 | John Wilbur, American Clergyman |
| 1763 | Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education |
| 1763 | John Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in U.S., banker/fur trader |
| 1744 | Elbridge Gerry, DR, 5th Vice President, Massachusetts Governor, invented gerrymandering |
| 1702 | Johann Schneider, composer |
| 1674 | Isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist, Horae Lyrican |
| 1487 | Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah |
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