| 1980 | Michele Kwan, born in Torrance, California, figure skater, 1994, 1998 Olympics |
| 1980 | Michelle Kwan, born in Torrance, California, professional figure skater, won nine U.S. championships, five World Championships, two Olympic medals |
| 1974 | Patrick Lalime, born in St. Bonaventure, NHL goalie for the Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1972 | Aldi Henry, CFL defensive back for the Calgary Stampeders |
| 1972 | Darnay Scott, NFL wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals |
| 1972 | Lisa Leslie, born in California, WNBA center for the Los Angeles Sparks/foward, Gold Medals 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 Olympics |
| 1972 | Michael Westbrook, NFL wide receiver for the Washington Redskins |
| 1972 | Stoney Case, NFL quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals |
| 1971 | Darren Krein, WLAF defensive end, Barcelona Dragons |
| 1970 | Michael McCrary, NFL defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks |
| 1970 | Min Patel, cricketer, in Mumbai England left-arm spinner vs. India 1996 |
| 1969 | Amy Carlson, born in Elmhurst, Illinois, actress, Josie-Another World, 1969-Approx] |
| 1969 | Cree Summer, actress, Freddie-Different World |
| 1969 | Joe Sakic, Burnaby BC, NHL center, Colorado Avalanche, Canada 1998 |
| 1968 | Chuck Knoblauch, born in Houston, Texas, shortstop, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins |
| 1968 | Reggie Cobb, NFL running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars |
| 1967 | Alfred Jackson, CFL receiver for the BC Lions |
| 1967 | Erik van der More, soccer player for the FC Utrecht |
| 1967 | Jason R Rich, Irvington, New York, writer, Celebrity Teen Talk |
| 1966 | Hector Burba, born in Dayton, Ohio, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds |
| 1966 | Henk Fraser, soccer player, Feyenoord |
| 1966 | Jeff Shaw, Washington Ohio, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds |
| 1965 | John Leonard, born in Australia, poet, editor of poetry journal, 'Overland', 'Unlove', 'Braided Lands', 'Jesus in Kashmir' |
| 1963 | Lance Johnson, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, outfielder for the New York Mets |
| 1963 | Naved Anjum, cricketer, Pakistani all-rounder, two Tests 1989-90 |
| 1963 | Perry Richardson, South Carolina, bassist, Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime |
| 1962 | Clive "Doctor" Jackson, rocker, Dr. and Medics-Laughing at Pieces |
| 1960 | Barbara Bierman, born in Miami, Florida, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-13th-1994 |
| 1960 | Isabelle Boeri-Begard, born in France, foils, 1980 Olympics gold |
| 1960 | Ralph Sampson, NBA center, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets |
| 1959 | Bill Campbell, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Rocketeer |
| 1959 | Jessica Hahn, American Celebrity |
| 1958 | Michael Marx, born in Portland, Oregon, U.S. fencer-epee, Olympic-84, 88, 92, 96 |
| 1957 | Jerry Weller, American Politician |
| 1956 | Bill Lagattuta, born in New York City, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours, Eye to Eye |
| 1954 | Corbin Bernsen, born in North Hollywood, California, actor, LA Law |
| 1953 | Lynval Golding, rocker, Fun Boy Three |
| 1951 | Roz Ryan, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, Amelia-Amen, Occupied |
| 1949 | Larry "Rhino" Rheinhardt, rock guitarist, Iron Butterfly |
| 1949 | Shelley Duvall, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Popeye, Faery Tale Theater |
| 1948 | Fred Brown, NBAer, Seattle SuperSonic |
| 1948 | Larry Reinhardt, rocker, Iron Butterfly |
| 1947 | Rob Townsend, rock drummer, Family Leicester |
| 1946 | Jean LeClerc, actor, Jeremy Hunter-All My Children |
| 1946 | Jim Day, born in Canada, equestrian show jumper, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics |
| 1946 | Joe Spano, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Henry Goldblume-Hill St. Blues |
| 1945 | James Rodford, English rock vocalist/bassist, Kinks-Mr Pleasant |
| 1945 | Matti Salminen, born in Turku, Finland, bass player, King Philipp-Don Carlos |
| 1944 | Tony Jacklin, born in Scunthorpe, England, PGA golfer, 1970 U.S. Open |
| 1944 | Warren Entner, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock vocalist and guitarist, Grass Roots |
| 1943 | Joel Siegel, born in Los Angeles, California, American film critic, television journalist |
| 1940 | Dick Armey, born in Cando, North Dakota, Representative-R-Texas 1985 - 2003 |
| 1940 | Ringo Starr, Beatle drummer/actor, Magic Christian |
| 1940 | Dick Armey, American Politician |
| 1937 | Carroll Hubbard, born in Murray, Kentucky, Representative-D-Kentucky 1975 - 1993 |
| 1936 | Stuart Ross Dempster, composer |
| 1934 | Vinko Globokar, born in Anderny, France, composer, trombonist, experimental musician, avante-garde style |
| 1933 | David McCullough, actor, Huey Long |
| 1933 | Dick Kallman, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Borned to Be Loved, Verboten! |
| 1933 | Murray Halberg, New Zealand, 5K runner 1960 Olympics gold |
| 1932 | Josef Zawinal, singer/pianist, Weather Report |
| 1932 | Ted Cassidy, actor, Lurch-Addams Family |
| 1931 | David Eddings, U.S., sci-fi author, Belgariad, Malloreon |
| 1931 | Stanley Brock, Brooklyn, actor, Ivan-He's the Mayor |
| 1930 | Hank Mobley, U.S. jazz saxophonist |
| 1929 | Marcel Liebman, Belgian historian |
| 1928 | Colleen Summers, born in Pasadena, California, vocal overdubber |
| 1927 | Alan J. Dixon, born in Belleville, Illinois, Senator-D-Illinois 1981 - 1993 |
| 1927 | Charlie Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer, Louvin Brothers |
| 1927 | Doc Severinsen, American Musician |
| 1925 | Yvonne Mitchell, born in London, England, writer, Johnny Nobody, Genghis Khan |
| 1924 | Dieter Nowka, composer |
| 1924 | Mary Ford, Colleen Summer, vocalist/actress, Queen of Outer Space |
| 1923 | Eduardo Falu, Argentine guitarist, Zamba de Vargas |
| 1923 | Richard Lumley, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire |
| 1923 | Roberto Caamano, composer |
| 1922 | Artie Malvin, U.S. music director, Julie LaRosa/Steve Lawrence |
| 1922 | Pierre Cardin, Paris, France, fashion designer, Unisex |
| 1921 | Ezzard Charles, world heavyweight boxing champion, 1949-51 |
| 1921 | Stanislaw Wislocki, composer |
| 1919 | Jon Pertwee, English comic/actor, Dr. Who, Worzel Gummidge |
| 1919 | William Kunstler, American Activist,defense attorney, Chicago 8 |
| 1917 | Elton Britt, Marshall, Arkansas, country singer, Sat Night Jamboree |
| 1917 | Lawrence F O'Brien, Watergate conspirators broke into his office |
| 1916 | Luc Peire, Flemish painter/graphic artist |
| 1916 | Robert Stevens Baker, composer |
| 1915 | Margaret Walker Alexander, poet and novelist, For My People |
| 1915 | Margaret Walker, American Poet |
| 1914 | Cor de Groot, pianist/conductor/composer, Old-Dutch Suite |
| 1914 | Serafim Sergeyevich Tulikov, composer |
| 1912 | Tiny Alma, Catharina E J Stam, operetta singer, Vienna Blood |
| 1911 | Eddie Mayehoff, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Hour Glass, How to Murder Your Wife |
| 1911 | Gian Carlo Menotti, born in Italy, composer, librettist, Pulitzer Prize winner |
| 1911 | Joan Perry Cohn Harvey, actress, Hands of a Stranger |
| 1908 | Evert W. Beth, Dutch mathematician/philosopher |
| 1908 | Harriette Arnow, Wayne Co, Kentucky, novelist, Dollmaker |
| 1907 | Helene Johnson, poet |
| 1907 | Robert A[nson] Heinlein, U.S., sci-fi author, 4 Hugos, Red Planet |
| 1907 | Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer |
| 1906 | Harry Von Zell, sidekick, George Burns Show |
| 1906 | Satchel Paige, American Athlete, baseball pitcher, never look back |
| 1905 | Marcel Rubin, composer |
| 1903 | Steven Runciman, British Historian |
| 1902 | James McCartney, father of Beatle, Paul McCartney |
| 1902 | Vittorio De Sica, Sora Italy, director/actor, 2 Women |
| 1901 | Gustav Knuth, Braunschweig Germany, actor, Freddy Unter Fremden |
| 1901 | Vittorio de Sica, Italian actor and director, Fietsendieven |
| 1899 | George Cukor, producer/director, Adam's Rib, Philadelphia Story |
| 1898 | Hanns Eisler, composer |
| 1897 | Anna Luther, born in New Jersey, silent screen actress, Sinners in Silk |
| 1893 | Vladimir Mayakovsky, Soviet Georgia, poet, Ode to Revolution |
| 1890 | Tom Powers, born in Owensboro, Kentucky, actor, Station West, Destination Moon |
| 1887 | Dirk Koster, literary, New Noises |
| 1887 | Marc Chagall, born in Vitebsk, Russia, artist, I and The Village |
| 1887 | Raymond Hatton, born in Red Oak, Iowa, actor, Girls in Prison, Lady Killer |
| 1885 | Ernest Bristow Farrar, composer |
| 1884 | Lion Feuchtwanger, German philosopher and writer, Jud Suss |
| 1883 | Toivo Kuula, composer |
| 1882 | Zdzislaw Jachimecki, composer |
| 1879 | Jacob Weinberg, composer |
| 1872 | Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer |
| 1860 | Gustav Mahler, Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer and conductor, Titan |
| 1856 | George Hearne, cricketer, brother of Frank and Alec, Test for England |
| 1853 | Albert Vandal, French earl/historian, Le Pacha Bonneval |
| 1851 | Lillien Jane Martin, psychologist, found gerontology clinic |
| 1843 | Camillo Golgi, Italy, physician, cytologist, Nobel 1906 |
| 1827 | James Murrell Shackelford, Brigadier General Union volunteers |
| 1827 | William Montague Browne, Brigadier General Confederate Army |
| 1824 | Alfred Pleasonton, Major General Union volunteers |
| 1816 | Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard, General Union volunteers |
| 1813 | William Scott Ketchum, Major General Union Army |
| 1806 | Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education |
| 1778 | Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer |
| 1752 | Joseph-Marie Jacquard, invented programmable loom |
| 1746 | Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer |
| 1710 | Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer |
| 1690 | Johann Tobias Krebs, composer |
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