| 1994 | Ricardo Dela Corte, Italy, test tube baby born to oldest, 62, mother |
| 1982 | Ryan Cabrera, born in Dallas, Texas, musician, pop rock, hit singles include, 'On the Way Down', '40 Kinds of Sadness', 'True', albums include, 'You Stand Watching' |
| 1979 | Julie Gulbrandsen, Miss Arizona Teen USA 1997 |
| 1974 | Derek Anderson, NBA guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1972 | Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Memphis, NBA guard, Orlando, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics |
| 1972 | Bernard Williams, NFL tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1972 | Bruce Walker, NFL nose tackle for the New England Patriots |
| 1971 | Kristi Coats, LPGA golfer, 1995 Ping/Welch-66th |
| 1970 | Dusty Imoo, hockey goaltender, Team Japan 1998 |
| 1970 | John Kalin, CFL safety for the Calgary Stampeders |
| 1970 | Margaret Langford, Vancouver BC, canoeist 1996 Olympics |
| 1970 | Patrick Dancy, TV rocker, Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You |
| 1967 | Jeff Lageman, NFL defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1967 | Vin Diesel, born in New York City, New York, actor, director, producer, appeared in 'The Fast and the Furious', 'Pitch Black', founder of One Race Films production company |
| 1966 | Dan[iel Dion] O'Brien, born in Portland, Oregon, decathelete, Olympics gold 96 |
| 1965 | Robert Holland, CFL defensive back for the BC Lions |
| 1965 | Yugi Iga, hockey forward, Team Japan 1998 |
| 1964 | Susan Marie Snyder, actress, Julie-As the World Turns |
| 1963 | Lonnie Young, NFL safety/cornerback for the New York Jets |
| 1962 | Engelbert Linder, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998 |
| 1962 | Jensen Buchanan, born in Montgomery, Alabama, actress, Vicky/Marley-Another World |
| 1962 | Jack Irons, American Musician |
| 1961 | Elizabeth McGovern, Evanston, Illinois, actress, Once Upon a Time in Amer |
| 1960 | Anne-Marie Johnson, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, In the Heat of the Night |
| 1959 | Audrey Landers, born in Philadelphia, actress, Afton-Dallas, Chorus Line |
| 1958 | Margo [AM] Vliegenthart, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, PvdA |
| 1958 | Nigel Twist, born in Manchester, rock drummer, Alarm-In the Summertime |
| 1957 | Nicholas Alexander Faldo, born in England, PGA golfer, 1992 British Open |
| 1955 | Teresa Ann Savoy, born in London, England, actress, Caligula |
| 1955 | Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician |
| 1954 | Imtiaz Ali, cricketer, brother of Inshan One Test WI vs. India 1976 |
| 1954 | Ricky Skaggs, born in Cordell, Kentucky, country singer, Heartbroke, Toy Hearts |
| 1954 | Robert Cameron, CFL punter for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| 1954 | Tobias Picker, born in New York City, New York, composer, awarded Joseph H. Bearns Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Award in Music from American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer-in-residence for Houston Symphony, 1985 - 1990, music publisher, Schott Music Corporation |
| 1953 | Peter Greenall, English brewer, Greenall Witley |
| 1952 | James Forbes, basketball player 1972 Olympics silver |
| 1951 | Bruce Alan Lietzke, born in Kansas City, Kansas, PGA golfer, 1978 Canadian Open |
| 1950 | Richard Branson, British music enterperneur, Virgin Atlantic |
| 1950 | Mark Udall, American Politician |
| 1949 | Dennis Lillee, Australian cricket fast bowler, 1971-84 |
| 1948 | Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch rock drummer, Golden Earring, Radar Love |
| 1947 | Ayn Rumen, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Janet-McLean Stevenson Show |
| 1947 | Kurt Mann, Roslyn, New York, actor, Bad Penny |
| 1947 | Steve Forbes, American Businessman |
| 1946 | Tim Lynch, rocker, Flaming Groovies |
| 1945 | Danny McCullock, London, rocker, Animals |
| 1944 | Jonelle Allen, born in New York City, actress, Bessie-Palmerstown USA, Berringers |
| 1943 | Bobby Sherman, born in Santa Monica, California, singer, Shindig, Here Comes Brides |
| 1943 | Calvin Peete, born in Detroit, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1979 Greater Milwaukee Open |
| 1943 | Robin McDonald, Scotland, rock guitarist, Billy J Kramer and Dakotas |
| 1942 | Alexander EHAML, prince of the Belgians/son of Leopold III |
| 1941 | Jack Jersey, de Nijs, Indonesian/Dutch singer/producer |
| 1941 | Lonnie Mack, born in Aurora, Indiana, rocker, Baby What's Wrong |
| 1941 | Marcia Jones Smoke, born in Oklahoma, 500m kayak 1964 Olympics bronze |
| 1941 | Martha Reeves, born in Detroit, Michigan, singer, & Vandellas-Dancing in St |
| 1941 | Bill Delahunt, American Politician |
| 1940 | James Brolin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Dr. Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel |
| 1940 | Joseph Torre, outfield/manager, Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP |
| 1940 | Joe Torre, American Athlete |
| 1939 | Brian Auger, born in London, fusion keyboardist, Befour, Genesis |
| 1939 | Dion DiMucci, born in Bronx, rocker, Dion and Belmonts-Teenager in Love |
| 1939 | Hunter Thompson, born in Louisville, Kentucky, writer, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
| 1938 | Britt Leach, actor, Mickey-Spencer's Pilots |
| 1938 | Dudu Pukwana, Mtutuzel, South African/British saxophonist/composer |
| 1938 | Paul Verhoeven, director, Basic Instinct, Total Recall |
| 1937 | Hunter S. Thompson, American Journalist |
| 1935 | Tenley Albright, born in Boston, Massachusetts, figure skater, Gold Medals 1952, 1956 Olympics |
| 1934 | Roger Reynolds, born in Detroit, Michigan, composer, professor, University of California at San Diego, founder, ONCE Group, won Pulitzer Prize 1989 |
| 1934 | Edward Bond, English playwright/director, Blow-up |
| 1933 | Aad Nuis, Dutch writer/undersecretary of Education, D66 |
| 1933 | Raymund Murray Schafer, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, composer, Patria |
| 1933 | Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Zima Russia, poet, Bratsk Station |
| 1931 | "Papa" Dee Allen, born in Wilmington, Delaware, percussionist, War-World is a Ghetto |
| 1929 | "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, born in Cleveland, rocker, I Put a Spell on You |
| 1929 | Dick Totten Button, born in Englewood, New Jersey, figure skater, Olympics gold 48, 52 |
| 1929 | Michael Medwin, English actor, Four in a Jeep, Scrooge, Checkpoint |
| 1928 | Simon Vinkenoog, Dutch writer |
| 1927 | Kurt Masur, German actor, Hotel Deutschland |
| 1927 | Ludwig Harig, writer |
| 1927 | Zin Harris, cricketer, father of Chris New Zealand batsman in 50's and 60's |
| 1926 | Bryan Johnson, singer/actor |
| 1926 | Jane Hylton, born in London, England, actress, Adv of Sir Lancelot, Daybreak |
| 1926 | Richard Pasco, English actor, Gorgon, Arch of Triumph |
| 1926 | Margaret Laurence, Canadian Novelist |
| 1926 | Elizabeth Jennings, English Poet |
| 1925 | Jaime de Mora y Aragon, actor/publicist, Last Judgement |
| 1925 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Austria, 100m dash, Olympic-bronze-1948 |
| 1924 | Howard Roberts, born in Burlington, New Jersey, choral director, Leslie Uggams Show |
| 1924 | Inge Sorensen, born in Denmark, 200m breaststroke, Olympic-bronze-1936 |
| 1924 | John Cruickshank, French scholar |
| 1923 | Hector Tosar, composer |
| 1922 | Thomas Kuhn, American Writer |
| 1921 | John Glenn, born in Cambridge, Ohio, astronaut, Mercury 7, STS-95, Senator-D-Ohio |
| 1920 | Dolph Sweet, actor, Gil McGowan-Another World |
| 1918 | Jane Frazee, born in Duluth, Minnesota, actress and singer, Alice-Beulah |
| 1918 | Nelson Mandela, born in Qunu, South Africa, political prisoner, ANC, President, 1994- |
| 1918 | Pamela Brown, born in England, actress, Alice in Wonderland, Dracula |
| 1916 | Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education |
| 1916 | Kenneth Armitage, English sculptor |
| 1915 | Anthony Cox, English architect |
| 1915 | Isaack Stouten, resistance fighter |
| 1914 | Harriet Hilliard Nelson, born in Des Moines, singer and actress, Ozzie and Harriet |
| 1914 | Herbert Collum, composer |
| 1914 | John G Bearer, writer, Metro, Drunken Canary, Fast Heartbeat |
| 1914 | Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch premier, KVP, Mammoth Law |
| 1914 | Mack Robinson, U.S., 200m dash 1932 Olympics silver |
| 1913 | Jan Slot, Dutch mayor, Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede |
| 1913 | Marvin Miller, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Space Patrol, Millionaire |
| 1913 | Red Skelton, born in Vincennes, Indiana, comedian, Red Skelton Show |
| 1912 | Harry Levin, literary Scholar |
| 1912 | Henry L "Hank" Miller, U.S. pilot/Lieutenant-Admiral, WW II-Pacific |
| 1911 | Alexander Hyatt-King, scholar, Mozart |
| 1911 | Hume Cronyn, born in London, Ontario, actor, World According to Garp, Cocoon |
| 1909 | Harriet Hilliard Nelson, actress, Ozzie and Harriet |
| 1909 | Lupe Velez, Guadelupe Velez de Villabos, actress, Joe Palooka |
| 1909 | Andrei A. Gromyko, Russian Politician |
| 1909 | Mohammed Daud Khan, Afghani Statesman |
| 1907 | Yvonne Desportes, composer |
| 1906 | Belle Stewart, born near Bloirgowrie, Scotland, Scottish traditional singer, led life of a Scottish Traveler, daughter Sheila Stewart wrote her biography 'Queen Amang the Heather; the Life of Belle Stewart' |
| 1906 | Clifford Odets, U.S., dramatist, 1961 Award of Merit-Golden Boy |
| 1906 | S. I. Hayakawa, born in Vancouver, Canada, Senator-R-California 1977 - 1983 |
| 1903 | Chill Wills, born in Seagoville, Texas, actor, Fronteir Circus, Rounders |
| 1902 | Charles W. J. Mengelberg, Dutch composer and conductor |
| 1902 | Nathalie Sarraute, Cherniak, Russian/French playwright |
| 1899 | Willem Kernkamp, Dutch minister of Colonies, Islam and Woman |
| 1898 | Herbert Marcuse, Berlin, communist philosopher, Eros and Civilization |
| 1898 | John Stuart, Edinburgh Scotland, actor, Number 17 |
| 1895 | Marie Ney, born in London, England, actress, Brief Ecstasy, Simba, Witchcraft |
| 1894 | Bernard Wagenaar, Arnhem Holland, composer, 3 Songs for Chinese |
| 1893 | Josef Huttel, composer |
| 1893 | Richard Dix, St. Paul Minnesota, actor, 10 Commandments, Cimarron |
| 1891 | Gene Lockhart, New York City, actor, Going My Way, Christmas Carol |
| 1890 | Charles Wilson, President of General Motors, 1940 - 1953, Secretary of Defense, 1953 - 1957 |
| 1890 | Charles Erwin Wilson, American Businessman |
| 1888 | Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter |
| 1888 | Sydney Horler, English detective writer |
| 1887 | Vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier, 1942-45 |
| 1882 | Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer, poet and historian, Paraguay |
| 1880 | Elisabeth of Saint Drieeenheid, Catez, French mystic, Souvenirs |
| 1880 | Otto Vrieslander, composer |
| 1872 | Julius Fucik, composer |
| 1871 | Giacomo Balla, Italian painter, Dog at a Rope |
| 1870 | Emil Mlynarski, composer |
| 1865 | Laurence Housman, England, author/playwright, Victoria Regina |
| 1864 | Ricarda Huch, writer |
| 1862 | Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to throne |
| 1862 | Nikolaj N Yudenitcch, Russian general/counter-revolutionary |
| 1853 | Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, born in Holland, physicist, Nobel 1902 |
| 1848 | William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer |
| 1827 | Pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal |
| 1823 | Leonard Fulton Ross, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1811 | William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist, Vanity Fair |
| 1810 | Peter Singer, composer |
| 1796 | Feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists |
| 1766 | Friedrich Fleischmann, composer |
| 1720 | Gilbert White, "father of British naturalists" |
| 1711 | Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer |
| 1670 | Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian, opera, composer |
| 1635 | Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist, Micrographia |
| 1634 | Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, 1684-91 |
| 1552 | Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany, 1576-1612 |
| 1534 | Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist, Heidelberger Catechism |
| 1504 | Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss Clergyman |
| 1340 | Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders |
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