| 1987 | Michael Welch, American Actor |
| 1982 | Brad Renfro, born in Knoxville, Tennessee American actor, film and television |
| 1978 | Caroline Nicole Brigman, Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1997 |
| 1978 | Louise Joy Brown, born in Oldham, England, world's 1st "test tube baby" |
| 1976 | Jon Crosby, American Musician |
| 1975 | Jay R Ferguson, Jr., born in Dallas, Texas, actor, Taylor Newton-Evening Shade |
| 1974 | Lysa Jackson, Miss South Carolina USA 1996 |
| 1974 | Todd Fuller, NBA center, SF Warriors |
| 1972 | Craig Howard, born in Redding, California, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 Rolex |
| 1972 | Kevin Roberts, cricketer, NSW middle-order batsman since 1994-95 |
| 1971 | Billy Wagner, born in Marion, Virginia, pitcher for the Houston Astros |
| 1971 | Pedro Martinez, born in Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Montreal Expos |
| 1971 | Stacy Dawn Cenedese, Miss USA-Wyoming 1997 |
| 1971 | Tracy Murray, NBA forward, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards |
| 1970 | Nicholas CEJ Windsor, son of English prince Edward, duke of Kent |
| 1969 | Andrea Wieland, born in Atlanta, Georgia, field hockey goaltender 1996 Olympics |
| 1969 | Angela Melini, born in Saigon, Vietnam, playmate, Jun, 1992 |
| 1969 | Jon Barry, NBA guard, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors |
| 1969 | Trevor Peres, U.S., metal guitarist, Obituary-The End Complete |
| 1967 | Dave Jareckie, born in Mexico City, Mexico, U.S. biathelete 1994 Olympics |
| 1967 | Ed Sprague, born in Castro Valley, California, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays |
| 1967 | Matt LeBlanc, actor, Joey Tribbiani-Friends |
| 1966 | Elke Jeinsen, born in Hanover, Germany, playmate, May, 1993 |
| 1965 | Illeana Douglas, born in Massachusetts, actress, Picture Perfect, To Die For, Hacks |
| 1965 | Marty Brown, born in Owensboro, Kentucky, country singer, Wildest Dreams |
| 1965 | Tom Dvorak, born in Braunschwieg GER, Canada equestrian dressage 1996 Olympics |
| 1965 | Torey Lovullo, born in Santa Monica, California, infielder for the Oakland A's |
| 1964 | Jose Bautista, Bani, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants |
| 1964 | Tony Granato, Downers Grove, NHL left wing for the Los Angeles Kings |
| 1962 | Doug Drabek, Victoria, Texas, pitcher, Houston Astros, New York Yankees |
| 1962 | Mike Buncic, Patterson, New Jersey, discus thrower |
| 1961 | Katherine Kelly Lang, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Brooke-Bold and Beautiful |
| 1958 | Henk Wanders, Dutch bassist, Frank Boeijen Group |
| 1958 | Thurston Moore, U.S. guitarist/songwriter, Sonic Youth |
| 1957 | Bogdan Musiol, born in East Germany, bobsled 1980 Olympics bronze |
| 1957 | Daniel W. Bursch, born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Commander USN/Astronaut, STS-51, 68, 77 |
| 1957 | Ray Billingsley, comic strip cartoonist, Curtis |
| 1957 | Roger Clinton, singer, President Clinton's half-brother |
| 1956 | Iman Abdulmajid, born in Mogadishu, Somalia, model/actress, Star Trek 6 |
| 1955 | Bantubonke Holomisa, minister of Defense of Transkei, 1988- |
| 1954 | Ken Greer, rock guitarist, Red Rider |
| 1954 | Lynn Frederick, Middlesex England, actress, Schizophrenia |
| 1954 | Walter Payton, NFL running back for the Chicago Bears |
| 1952 | "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin, Williams, NWA/WCW/AWA wrestler |
| 1951 | Vanessa, Conny Witteman, Dutch model/singer |
| 1951 | Verdine White, U.S. bassist, Earth, Wind and Fire |
| 1950 | Mark Clarke, born in Liverpool, England, musician, bass guitarist, member of bands, Uriah Heep and Colosseum |
| 1948 | Brian M[ichael] Stableford, UK, sci-fi author, Day of Wrath |
| 1948 | Steve Goodman, Chicago, singer and songwriter, Somebody Elses Trouble |
| 1948 | Peggy Fleming, American Athlete |
| 1945 | Donna Theodore, Broadway singer, Hollywood Talent Scouts |
| 1944 | Helga I "Mijanou" van Baarzel, Dutch actress, Klaverweide-Alicia |
| 1944 | Molly Bennett Aiken, founder, riding for the handicapped |
| 1943 | Janet Margolin, born in New York City, actress, Take the Money and Run, David and Lisa |
| 1943 | Jim McCarty, born in Liverpool, rock drummer, Yardbirds-For Your Love |
| 1941 | Nate Thurmond, NBA star for the Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1941 | Raul Ruiz, born in Puerto Mott, Chile, actor, Lexot, Capitolo 66 |
| 1940 | John Pennel, pole vaulter, James E Sullivan Award-1963 |
| 1939 | Richard Akre Trythall, composer |
| 1936 | Ron Burton, American Athlete |
| 1935 | Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman/billionaire/arms dealer |
| 1935 | Barbara Harris, Sandra Mankwitz, actress, Plaza Suite, Family Plot |
| 1934 | Don Ellis, American Musician |
| 1932 | Gibson Kente, born in South Africa, wrote about life in South African black townships, known as Father of Black Theater in South Africa |
| 1932 | Paul Joseph Weitz, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, astronaut, Skylab 2, STS-6 |
| 1931 | Cornelis P van Dijk, Dutch minister of the Interior |
| 1930 | Maureen Forrester, born in Montreal, Canada, contralto, Ressurection Symphony |
| 1930 | Murray Chapple, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman through the 1950's |
| 1927 | Midge Decter, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, anti woman's lib, Liberated Woman... |
| 1927 | Stanley Dancer, harness racer, 4 Hambletonians, 3 Trot Triple Crown |
| 1926 | Teodor Grigoriu, composer |
| 1925 | Alistair Taylor, cricketer, one Test as opening bat for South Africa 1956 |
| 1925 | Jerry Paris, born in San Francisco, California, director/actor, Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show |
| 1924 | Frank Church, born in Boise, Idaho, Senator-D-Idaho, 1957 - 1981 |
| 1923 | Estelle Getty, born in New York City, actress in film, theater, television, appeared in sitcom 'The Golden Girls' |
| 1921 | John Christopherson, artist/collector |
| 1921 | Paul Watzlawick, Austrian Psychologist |
| 1919 | Hubert Booi, Bonairian poet, Golgotha/Muchila |
| 1918 | Nan Grey, Eschal Miller, actress, 3 Grief Girl, Dracula's Daughters |
| 1916 | Ko van Dijk, Jr., Dutch actor, Zaak M P |
| 1915 | David Napley, solicitor |
| 1914 | Woody Strode, actor, Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante, Scream |
| 1913 | John Cairncross, linguist, 5th Man |
| 1908 | Joseph Mitchell, writer |
| 1907 | Jack Gilford, New York City, actor, Save the Tiger, Cocoon, Arthur 2 |
| 1905 | Elias Canetti, Bulgarian/British novelist, Life-Terms, Nobel 1981 |
| 1905 | Lila Lee, Union City, New Jersey, actress, Midnight Girl, Blood and Sand |
| 1903 | Andre Fleury, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, composer, organist, studied organ at the Paris Conservatory under Eugene Gigout, appointed professor of organ at Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris |
| 1902 | Eric Hoffer, longshoreman/author, True Believer |
| 1901 | Walter Breedveld/Reinier de Muntel, writer, Een ship vergaat |
| 1900 | Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author, La victoria no viene sola |
| 1899 | Arthur Lubin, film director |
| 1899 | Ralph Dumke, Indiana, actor, Movieland Quiz |
| 1897 | Hermann Ambrosius, composer |
| 1896 | Richard N Gale, English general/airborne commander, Normandy |
| 1895 | Yvonne Printemps, born in Ermont, France, singer and actress, Le Duel |
| 1894 | Walter Brennan, born in Swampscott, Massachusetts, actor, 'Real McCoys', 'At Gun Point' |
| 1893 | Dorothy Dickson, actress/dancer, Paying the Piper, Danny Boy |
| 1890 | Julian Rivero, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Son of Oklahoma, Via Pony Express |
| 1890 | Tom O'Brien, born in San Diego, California, actor, Physical Evidence |
| 1885 | Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer, Caranchos de la Florida |
| 1884 | Davidson Black, born in Canada, doctor of anatomy, identified Peking Man |
| 1883 | Alfredo Casella, born in Turin, Italy, composer, La Giara |
| 1880 | Morris Raphael Cohen, Russian Philosopher |
| 1876 | Gabriella V M Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium/duchess of Bavaria |
| 1870 | Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch vicar, Young Flanders |
| 1867 | Max Dauthendy, German painter/author, Ewige Hochzeit |
| 1866 | Frederick Frost Blackman, English botanist |
| 1865 | Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist/educator, Contact with Plants |
| 1855 | Edward Solomon, composer |
| 1853 | David Belasco, American Playwright |
| 1848 | Arthur Earl Balfour, C, British Prime Minister, 1902-05, Balfour Declaration |
| 1844 | Thomas Eakins, American Artist |
| 1840 | Flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution |
| 1832 | Simon Hassler, composer |
| 1824 | Richard James Oglesby, Union Union volunteers |
| 1822 | Schuyler Hamilton, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1816 | Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher, T Edition |
| 1804 | Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Education |
| 1800 | Heinrich R Goppert, German paleo-botanist |
| 1795 | James Barry, female disguised as a man, surgeon general, British army |
| 1786 | Giacomo Cordella, composer |
| 1780 | Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer |
| 1778 | Heinrich Gebhard, composer |
| 1775 | Anna Symmes Harrison, Ohio, 9th 1st lady, 1841 |
| 1772 | Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer |
| 1761 | Charlotte von Kalb, German writer |
| 1750 | Henry Knox, American Soldier |
| 1715 | Immanuel J Pyra, German poet, Temple of Real Poetry |
| 1691 | Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect, Cappella Corsini |
| 1683 | Pieter Langendijk, painter/etcher/playwright, Wiskunstenaars |
| 1657 | Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer |
| 1654 | Agostino Steffani, composer |
| 1626 | Geeraerdt Brandt, Dutch theologist, poet and historian |
| 1579 | Valerius Otto, composer |
| 1575 | Christoph Scheiner, Germany, astronomer |
| 1517 | Jacques Peletier, du Mans, French poet/scientist |
| 1404 | Philips van Saint-Pol, Duke of Brabant |
| 1109 | Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal, 1143-85 |
| 975 | Thietmar, bishop of Merseburg, German chronicler |
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