| 1993 | Patricia Quinn, 11th child of actor Anthony Quinn, 78 |
| 1989 | Caroline Giuliani, daughter of Rudy, Mayor-R-NYC, 1994- |
| 1980 | Scott Dixon, New Zealander Celebrity |
| 1978 | Heather Noelle Jones, Miss Oregon Teen USA 1996 |
| 1977 | Maria Jose Lopez, Miss Ecuador Universe 1997 |
| 1974 | Franka Potente, born in Munster, Germany, actress, films include, 'The Bourne Identity', 'All I Want', 'The Bourne Supremacy' |
| 1973 | Rufus Wainwright, Canadian Musician |
| 1971 | Charlotte Gainsbourg, born in London, England, actress, Little Thief |
| 1971 | Kristine Marie Lilly, born in New York City, soccer midfielder 1996 Olympics |
| 1971 | William Bell, NFL running back for the Washington Redskins |
| 1970 | Dan Jones, NFL tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1970 | Melvin Aldridge, CFL linebacker for the Hamilton Tiger Cats |
| 1970 | Sergei Zubov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman, Team Russia, Pittsburgh |
| 1970 | W R Tillman, NFLer for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1968 | Sean Vanhorse, NFL cornerback, Detroit Lions |
| 1968 | Rhys Ifans, born in Haverfordwest, Wales, actor, singer, movie roles include 'Spike', 'Notting Hill', 'Vladis Grutas', 'Hannibal Rising' |
| 1967 | Andreas Motzkus, WLAF receiver for the Rhein Fire |
| 1967 | Pat Badger, heavy metal bassist, Extreme-More Than Words |
| 1966 | Anna Wood, born in Roeumond, Netherlands, Dutch/Australian canoeist, 1988, 1996 Olympics |
| 1966 | Daniel Nowak, Schwennigen GER, hockey defenseman, Team Germany 1998 |
| 1966 | Tim Brown, NFL wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1966 | Wayne Wonder, born in Buff Bay, Jamaica, Von Wayne Charles, singer, songwriter, raggae, known for hit song 'No Letting Go' |
| 1965 | Alondra Johnson, CFL linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders |
| 1965 | Doug Riesenberg, NFL tackle for the New York Giants |
| 1965 | Patrick Laborteaux, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Albert-Little House on Prairie |
| 1965 | Shawn Michaels, born in San Antonio, wrestler, WWF/AWA |
| 1964 | Bonnie Langford, English actress, Wombling Free |
| 1964 | David Spade, comedian, SNL, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep |
| 1964 | Rafael Addison, NBA forward, Charlotte Hornets |
| 1964 | John Leguizamo, born in Columbia, actor, Mambo Mouth, Whispers in the Dark |
| 1963 | Eddie Anderson, NFL safety for the Oakland Raiders |
| 1963 | Joanna Going, actress, Lisa Grady-Another World |
| 1962 | Alvin Robertson, NBA guard for the Toronto Raptors |
| 1961 | Keith Sweat, American Musician |
| 1960 | Denyse Julien, Rouyn Quebec, badminton player, Olympics-9-92, 96 |
| 1958 | Sandra Elizabeth Greenberg, Spokane, Washington playmate, June, 1987 |
| 1957 | Dave Steib, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays |
| 1956 | Michael Spinks, U.S., middleweight boxer 1976 Olympics gold |
| 1956 | Mick Pointer, rock drummer, Marillion |
| 1955 | Willem Dafoe, born in Wisconsin, actor, Platoon, Roadhouse 66, Mississippi Burning |
| 1954 | Al Dimeola, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, rocker, guitarist, Latin jazz and Italian American jazz fusion |
| 1954 | Henriette Allais, born in Jacksonville, Florida, playmate, Mar, 1980 |
| 1952 | Herbert Chang, West Indian cricket batsman, 1979 |
| 1952 | Madeleine Collinson, born in Malta, twin playmate, Oct, 1970 |
| 1952 | Mary Collinson, born in Malta, twin playmate, Oct, 1970 |
| 1951 | Tisa Farrow, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Zombie, Fingers, Grim Reaper |
| 1949 | Dianne Dailey, LPGA golfer |
| 1949 | Lasse Viren, Finland, 5K/10K runner, Gold Medal 1972, 1976 Olympics |
| 1948 | John B. Larson, American Politician |
| 1948 | S. E. Hinton, American Writer |
| 1948 | John Larson, American Politician |
| 1947 | Albert Brooks, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Broadcast News, Lost in America |
| 1947 | Curt Weldon, born in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1987 - 2007 |
| 1947 | Danny Glover, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Lethal Weapon, Operation Dumbo Drop |
| 1947 | Don Henley, born in Linden, Texas, rock drummer/vocalist, Eagles-Desparado |
| 1946 | Mirelle Mathieu, born in Acignon, France, singer, So Ein Schoner Abend |
| 1946 | Paul Schrader, director, American Gigolo, Cat People, Hardcore |
| 1946 | Steve Friedman, TV news executive/actor, American Anthem |
| 1946 | Mireille Mathieu, French Musician |
| 1944 | Estelle Bennett, born in New York City, vocalist, Ronettes-Be My Baby |
| 1944 | Guich Koock, born in Austin, Texas, actor, Harley Puckett-Carter Country |
| 1944 | Rick Davies, born in London, England, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Supertramp |
| 1944 | Sparky Lyle, relief pitcher, New York Yankees, Cy Young |
| 1943 | Bobby Sherman, actor/singer, Seattle |
| 1943 | Yoran Ben Ami, born in Israel, producer/president, Triumph Pictures |
| 1943 | Kay Hutchison, American Politician |
| 1943 | Kay Bailey Hutchison, American Politician |
| 1941 | George Clinton, born in Kannapolis, North Carolina, rocker, Parliament-Funkadelic |
| 1941 | Susie M Berning, born in Pasadena, California, LPGA golfer, U.S. Women's Open-1972, 73 |
| 1941 | Thomas Wayne, rocker, Tragedy |
| 1940 | Alex Trebek, born in Sudbury, Ontario, TV game host, High Rollers, Jeopardy |
| 1940 | Stan Ross, born in New York City, actor, New Bill Cosby Show |
| 1940 | Yuriy Klimov, U.S.S.R., team handball 1976 Olympics gold |
| 1939 | Terence Stamp, born in England, actor, Collector, Alien Nations |
| 1937 | John Price, England cricket fast-medium bowler, 1964-72 |
| 1937 | V B Ranjane, Indian cricket fast bowler, early 1960's |
| 1936 | Harold "Dusty" Rhodes, England cricket pace bowler, 1959 |
| 1936 | Krasimir Kyurkchiiski, composer |
| 1936 | Tom Robbins, American Author |
| 1935 | Tom Cartwright, England cricket medium pacer, 5 Tests 1964-65 |
| 1934 | Louise Fletcher, Birmingham, Alabama, actress, One Flew over Cuckoo's Nest |
| 1933 | Chuck Cassey, born in Chicago, choral director, Jimmy Dean Show |
| 1932 | Oscar de la Renta, Dominican Republic, designer, Coty Hall of Fame-1973 |
| 1932 | William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist |
| 1931 | Charles Huxtable, General commander, English ground armies |
| 1931 | Perry Lopez, born in New York City, actor, Chinatown, Death Wish 4 |
| 1930 | Leoncjusz Ciuciura, composer |
| 1930 | Marcia Henderson, born in Andover, Massachusetts, actress, Kathleen-Aldrich Family |
| 1929 | Vivien Merchant, born in Manchester, England, actress, Under Milk Wood |
| 1928 | Georg Dreyfus, composer |
| 1928 | Orson Bean, Burlington, Vermont, actor/comedian, To Tell the Truth |
| 1928 | Jimmy Hill, British Athlete |
| 1927 | George Hunter, born in South Africa, light heavyweight boxer, Gold Medal 1948 Olympics |
| 1926 | Bryan Forbes, director/producer, Endless Games, King Rat |
| 1926 | Peter Michael Grayson, showman |
| 1924 | Margaret Whiting, born in Detroit, singer, Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family |
| 1923 | Robert J Dole, Sen-R Kansas, 1969 - 1995, presidential candidate, R-1996 |
| 1923 | Bob Dole, American Politician |
| 1923 | Robert J. Dole, American Politician |
| 1921 | William V. Roth, Jr., born in Great Falls, Montana, Representative-R-Delaware 1967 - 1971, Senator-R-Delaware 1971 - 2001 |
| 1920 | Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman |
| 1918 | Pim [Albrecht W] Lyre, Dutch lawyer/son of prince Henry |
| 1916 | Hipolito M Ocalia, born in Curacao, landscape painter |
| 1914 | Cecil Effinger, composer |
| 1913 | Licia Albanese, born in Bari, Italy, operatic soprano, New York Met Opera |
| 1910 | Edith Abbo, daughter of Mien Wenneker/Dutch Prince Henry |
| 1908 | Amy Vanderbilt, authority on etiquette, Complete Book of Etiquette |
| 1905 | Boris Alexandrov, conductor, Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble |
| 1902 | Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer |
| 1901 | Charles Weidman, born in Nebraska, modern dancer and choreographer, Candide |
| 1898 | Alexander Calder, sculptor, mobiles, stabiles |
| 1898 | Stephen Vincent Benet, U.S., writer, Devil and Daniel Webster |
| 1895 | Hans Rosbaud, born in Graz, Austria, conductor, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich |
| 1894 | Oskar Maria Graf, born in Berg, Germany, pseudonym Oskar Graf-Berg, writer, president, wrote autobiographical, socialist-anarchist novels |
| 1892 | Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor, 1930s, war criminal |
| 1890 | Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mom of John F. Kennedy, RFK and Ted |
| 1890 | Rose Kennedy, American Author |
| 1889 | Frederick Preston Search, composer |
| 1887 | Gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist, Nobel 1925 |
| 1882 | Edward Hopper, U.S. painter, House by the Railroad |
| 1879 | Gustaf Heintze, composer |
| 1878 | Lucien Febvre, French historian, Un destin: Martin Luther |
| 1873 | Ettore Pozzoli, composer |
| 1872 | David D Salas, Antillian writer, Josefina |
| 1871 | Akos Buttykai, composer |
| 1863 | Alec Hearne, cricketer, brother of George and Frank, Kent 1884-1910 |
| 1857 | Frank Hamilton Cushing, American Writer |
| 1853 | Victor Roger, composer |
| 1849 | Emma Lazarus, Jewish poet, "New Colossus" at the base of Statue of Liberty |
| 1844 | William Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor, spoonerisms |
| 1834 | Daniel McCook, Jr., Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1833 | Benjamin Hanby, composer |
| 1830 | Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer |
| 1830 | William Sooy Smith, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1822 | Gregor Mendel, monk/geneticist, discoverer of laws of heredity |
| 1822 | Hamilton Prioleau Bee, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1822 | John George Walker, Major General Confederate Army |
| 1820 | Louis Powell Harvey, Governor, Union |
| 1807 | Karolina Pawlowa, writer |
| 1804 | Jean C F Demolombe, prince de l'exegese, French lawyer |
| 1784 | Friedrich W. Bessel, German astronomer, star parallax, Bessel Function |
| 1722 | Jean-Noel/Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian |
| 1721 | Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer |
| 1651 | Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer |
| 1649 | Clement XI, Giovanni F Albani, Italy, Pope, 1700-21 |
| 1647 | Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint |
| 1642 | Johann Quirsfeld, composer |
| 1621 | Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury/minister, 1660-73 |
| 1597 | Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer |
| 1478 | Philip I, the Handsome, 1st Habsburg King of Spain, 1504-06 |
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